This is a list of lighthouses in South Carolina.
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height | |
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Bloody Point Range Front Light | N/A | Daufuskie Island | N/A | 1883 | Never | 1922 (Preserved) | None | Unknown | |
Bloody Point Range Rear Light | N/A | Daufuskie Island | N/A | 1883 (First) 1899 (Last) | Never | 1922 (Removed) | None | (Original rear range) | 81feet|
Bulls Bay Light | N/A | Charleston County | N/A | 1852 (First) 1900 (Last) | Never | 1913 (Destroyed) | None | (First lighthouse) | 44feet|
Cape Romain Light (Old) | Cape Romain | 33.0185°N -79.3741°W | 1827 | Never | 1858 | None | 88feet | ||
Cape Romain Light (New) | Cape Romain | 33.0189°N -79.3736°W | 1858 | 1937 | 1947 | None | 161feet | ||
Castle Pinckney Light | Charleston County | 32.7736°N -79.911°W | 1855 (First) 1890 (Last) | Never | 1917 (Destroyed by 1938) | None | 50feet | ||
Charleston Light | Sullivan's Island | 32.7579°N -79.8433°W | 1962 | 1975 | Active | DCB-24 | 163feet | ||
Combahee Bank Light | N/A | Saint Helena Sound | 32.4667°N -106°W | 1868 | Never | 1876 (Removed in 1925) | None | Unknown | |
Fort Ripley Shoal Light | Charleston | 32.766°N -79.902°W (Estimated) | 1878 | Never | 1932 (Dismantled) | None | Unknown | ||
Fort Sumter Range Front Light | Charleston | 32.7522°N -79.8747°W | 1855 (First) 1893 (Last) | Never | 1950s | None | Unknown | ||
Fort Sumter Range Rear Light | Charleston | 32.7522°N -79.8747°W | 1855 (First) 1893 (Last) | Never | 1915 | None | 140feet | ||
Georgetown Light | Winyah Bay | 33.2226°N -79.1851°W | 1801 (First) 1867 (Current) | 1986 | Active | VRB-25 | 85feet | ||
Governor's Light | N/A | Little River | N/A | 1985[1] (Private) | Always | Active | Unknown | 60feet | |
Haig Point Front Range Light | Daufuskie Island | N/A | 1873[2] | Never | Disputed (Removed) | None | 17feet | ||
Haig Point Rear Range Light | Daufuskie Island | N/A | 1873 | 1987 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: ????-1987) | Acrylic | 70feet | ||
Harbour Town Light | Hilton Head Island | 32.1386°N -80.8128°W | 1970 | Always | Active | Unknown | 90feet | ||
Hilton Head Range Front Light | N/A | Hilton Head Island | N/A | 1881 | Never | 1932 (Destroyed) | None | 35feet | |
Hilton Head Range Rear Light | Hilton Head Island | 32.1642°N -80.74°W | 1880 | Never | 1932 | None | 92feet | ||
Hunting Island Light | Beaufort (Hunting Island State Park) | 32.3756°N -80.4375°W | 1859 (First) 1875 (Current) | 1995 (Relit) | Active (Inactive: 1933-1995 | Unknown | 132feet | ||
Morris Island Range Front Light | N/A | Morris Island | N/A | 1871[3] | Never | Unknown (Removed) | None | Unknown | |
Morris Island Range Rear Light | N/A | Morris Island | N/A | 1871 | Never | Unknown (Removed) | None | Unknown | |
Morris Island Light | Morris Island | 32.6953°N -79.8836°W | 1767 (First) 1876 (Current) | 1938 | 1962 | None | Unknown | ||
Parris Island Range Front Light | N/A | Parris Island | N/A | 1881 | Never | 1923 | None | Unknown | |
N/A | Parris Island | 32.3128°N -80.6775°W | 1881 | Never | 1923 | None | 120feet | ||
Sullivan's Island Range Front Light | Sullivan's Island | N/A | 1848 (First) 1872 (Last) | Never | Unknown (Removed) | None | Unknown | ||
Sullivan's Island Range Rear Light | N/A | Sullivan's Island | N/A | 1848 (First) 1872 (Last) | Never | Unknown (Removed) | None | 120feet |
A. This lighthouse was built in honor of South Carolina's governors. It is privately maintained and an unofficial aid to navigation.
B. The deactivation date for the Haig Point Range Lights is disputed among sources. Click on the article for more information.
C. Not much is known about this set of range lights. The two structures were built in 1871 after the second Morris Island lighthouse was destroyed in the civil war, as navigation was needed in the area.
D. Listed on the light list as late as 1898.[1]