This topic has provoked some thought for me. I live in Morgantown, WV (obviously a lighthouse-free state)and if I travel north on Interstate 79 for 2 hours and 45 mins, I arrive in Erie PA and Presque Isle State park. I have spent many summers since my childhood swimming in the lake under the shadows of the Presque Isle lighthouse. It is one of my sentimental favorites of the Harbour Lights pieces.