Ponce de Leon Inlet
Lighthouse.
4931 South Peninsula Drive
Ponce Inlet, Florida
32127
(904) 761-1821

Night after night since 1887, this tall sentinel of brick and granite flashed its faithful warning "to the men who go down to the sea in ships."

THE LIGHTHOUSE:
Standing 175 feet tall, the Lighthouse is one of the tallest in the United States. Open to the public daily, the red-brick tower is lighted at night inside and flooded from the outside. Decommissioned in 1970,the light was re-activated in 1982.

SECOND ASSISTANT KEEPER'S DWELLING:
This building now serves as our Lighthouse Museum, containing lighthouse artifacts and information about the keepers who lived here.

PRINCIPAL KEEPER'S DWELLING:
Our Museum of the Sea now occupies this building. It has exhibits on oceanography, marine biology, navigation, and many other topics.

FIRST ASSISTANT KEEPER'S DWELLING:
Furnished as it would have been about 1890, this building now shows how the keepers at our lighthouse lived in the early days.

LENS EXHIBIT BUILDING:
Built in 1995, this building houses the restored and operating first-order Fresnel lens from the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse.

OIL STORAGE HOUSE:
One of the first and largest buildings built to store kerosene at an American lighthouse, this building now houses an exhibit of navigational aids.

THE OUTBUILDINGS:
A woodshed now serves as a theater where a historical video program is shown. Another houses the old generator equipment and an exhibit of Lighthouses Around the World.

THE F.D. RUSSELL:
This 46-foot tugboat was built in 1938 and served for many years on area waterway.

THE SHIP'S STORE GIFT SHOP:
In the Entrance Building a Gift shop holds lighthouse treasures which please everyone on your gift list.

See www.ponceinlet.org for more information.

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