List of lighthouses in Alabama

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Alabama as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources. There is only one active light in the state, though another has been replaced by a skeleton tower; a third still stands but is inactive. The rest have all been destroyed.

Focal height and coordinates are taken from the 1907 United States Coast Guard Light List,^[1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.^[2]

Name	Location	Coordinates	Image	Focal Height	Built[note 1]	Automated	Deactivated	Status
Battery Gladden Light	Mobile harbor entrance	30°40′03″N 88°01′22″W / 30.6675°N 88.0228°W		45 ft (14 m)	1872[3]		1913[3]	destroyed around 1950[3]
Choctaw Point Light	Mobile	30°40′01″N 87°58′59″W / 30.667°N 87.983°W[4]		63 ft (19 m)[4]	1831[5]		1862[5]	destroyed[5]
Middle Bay Light	Mobile Bay	30°26′14″N 88°00′40″W / 30.4372°N 88.0111°W		48 ft (15 m)	1885	1935		Active
Mobile Point Range Lights	Fort Morgan	30°13′40″N 88°01′27″W / 30.2278°N 88.0242°W[note 2]		45 ft (14 m)	1821/1873		1966	Replaced with skeleton tower
Sand Island Light	south of Dauphin Island	30°11′15″N 88°03′02″W / 30.1875°N 88.0506°W		131 ft (40 m)[note 3]	1838/1873	1921	1933	Inactive

Notes

1. If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
2. rear light
3. current tower

References

1. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. pp. 229–233. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alabama". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
3. "Battery Gladden Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
4. Mills, Robert (1845). American Lighthouse Guide. Washington: William M. Morrison. p. 81. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
5. "Choctaw Point Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 2014-01-24.