Mine would have to be Bullock's Point, Rhode Island. And I love it!!!

Bert

Mine would be Great Captains Island, CT...but Faulkner's Island is a REAL close second place.

Portland Breakwater Light, Maine

FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO

-- Joe

I'm guessing that the closest light to me is on the west coast in L.A., so I would have to say Point Fermin or LA Harbor. That is about a 12 hour drive from home.

If Bullock's Point is your closest, Bert, then it must be mine. I would estimate I live about ten miles closer to it than you. Other than Bullocks, I guess the next closest would be Rose Island.

Bob

Right this minute it would probably be Seahorse (Cedar) Key which is about 88 miles by air. Boca Grande is also about 90 miles by air. However after the new releases are out Anclote Key will be the closest as it is only 19 miles as the crow flies.

The closest one to me is Sea Girt, NJ. It's a bout 45 miles away from Hamilton.

Dennis

Beautiful Split Rock.

The closest to me right now is Bolivar. Port Lavaca is closer, so when Half Moon Reef comes out that will be the one. Terry

Now that I've moved from NY I can't use my standard answer for everything Tarrytown . My newest closest HL would be Great Captain Island.

shirin

Old Michigan City and Michigan City Pier

Mine would have to be a real close tie between Ponce De Leon, St. Augustine and Cedar Key all being about 70 miles away depending on the route that you take. Maybe Cedar Key might be a tad closer but it is harder to get to by taking a boat trip.

Rich

Michigan City. Just 12 miles away.

The ever popular Selkirk!

Mine is Wind Point. Only 15 minutes away.

Concord Point, MD...about 15 miles

White Shoal,
Old Mackinac Point,
Round Island,
St. Helena,

Grand Traverse,

ETC. . . .

All within 40-65 miles from home!

Cedar Keys Lighthouse. It's two hours away. Of course Anclote Key would be closer by about a half hour.

Okay Weasel58, in case you didn't know this, weasels can't fly! Hate to clip your wings on that one, but if you keep talking about crows and flying we may have to start calling you Crow58. :p

I guess that the closest to me would be Selkirk Light too.

Buffalo Light here, also close to Ft. Niagara and Dunkirk N.Y.

Ft. Washington, MD. About 45 miles from my house

Big Red is the closest to us. But Grand Haven is just a little further from us to the north.

Mary and Jeff

In response to Bonnie Jean. I have been flying since I was 9 months old. My father is a private pilot, and I am told that on that first flight I grabbed the controls and held onto them. While I have never gotten around to getting my pilots license I have flown my dad’s plane from the co-pilots seat a few times in the past. I want to get my pilots license, if I ever have both the time and money. I always seem to have one or the other, just not both at the same time.

Cape Romain, about 30 miles.

Old Michign City and Michigan City East Pier.

Can't let Selkirk gain on us!

Fort Washington would be the closest from me. Thomas Point Sandy Point and Baltimore Light would be a close second.

Split Rock - about a 3 hour drive from my house.

Probably LA Harbour, Point Fermin, Point Vicente about 390 miles.

dale

Grand Haven, Holland and Muskegon is about the same drive time for me... 45-55 minutes. Just far enough that I appreciate going and close enough I can go at a moments whim.
JB

Fenwick Light only 10Min.

Old Field about 5 miles away.
Bob

Michigan City, about 3 hours. It's very interesting to see how close I have come to some of you in my louthousing trips.

Well Flying Weasel, let me know when you get your pilot's license - We'll parachute to Anclote Key. I bet it's cool flying a plan, I know it's great jumping from a plane. :p

Hmm! You even work at the airport. . . I think we may be on to something here.

I am really delighted to have several lighthouses within a 30 minute drive of home. They are Chatham, Nauset Light, Highland Light, Nobska, Monomoy and Scituate. In fact, when my brother-in-law, AZLightkeeper was in town last summer, we went to Monomoy by boat. We had a terrific adventure!!

The closest to my house is East Point, but within a 1 hour drive are Cape May, Hertford Inlet, and Absecon. As the crow flies Ship John Shoal might be the closest but I don't own a crow.

There are a few lights closer to me the Great Captain Island but none of them have been made by HL.

shirin

That would be Marblehead at 3 1/2 hours.

The closest in actual distance would be Marblehead (8 miles) but to drive to a light it would be a toss up between Marblehead and the Lorain lighthouse. Both would be about a 30 minute drive.

Tom

Tarrytown Light on the Hudson, about 4-5 miles west of my home. Great Captain's Island about 12 miles east in the Sound.

Donna

Cross town to Fort Gratiot light. Port Sanilac is a little further and is a FAVORITE.

The St. Clair Channel lights that are planned for sale in 2003 will probably end up being the closest.

New London Ledge Lighthouse at the mouth of the Thames River between Groton & New London, CT.

:- )
Ron

Cape Canaveral is closest (but hard to get to) then Ponce Inlet and St. Augustine are close enough for us to visit on short notice.

Marblehead for me, just a 4 hour drive to Northern Ohio. I have only seen it once, but have been to Ponce Inlet in Florida over 10 times! (Fourteen hour drive!)

GO FIGURE!!!!

Wow! A double post! That hasn't happened in a while!

Currently nestled near many wonderful and beautiful coastal lights that Maine has to offer..... the closest is Bass Harbor, ME on Mount Desert Island at the moment

At the present time it would be Battery Point at Crescent City, CA. I live in Eureka, about 90 miles South of there.

But I once had the wonderful opportunity to live in the duplex depicted on the Fort Gratiot piece.

Ahh ... the good old days.

Rich

Oswego Light is closest to Liverpool NY.

Middle Bay is the closest only about 15 miles as the crow fly's. But you can't get there form here, not without a boat that is! Same for Sand Island (not yet a HL) and add a couple of miles South.

Biloxi would be the next closest, only about 45 miles to the West. Then Pensacola is only about 70 miles to the East.

Stephanie

About 360 miles away Old & New Point Loma in
San Diego, CA
Ruthie

Cape Meares - so. of Tillamook

Boca Grande, FL

Technically, Sandy Hook... but I am probably closer to the Statue of Liberty, although I dont really consider that a lighthouse...

Backdraft,

You will consider the Statue Of Liberty a Lighthouse by the time you get your Wacko status.

Question- are you a Firefighter by any chance? Check into the WWW el.come. Start Here Forum and give us your particulars.

Dennis

The nearest to me would be "Old Point Comfort" and the Cape Henry Lighthouses.

Well, my collection, although walked on/in by my cats, is Tsunami-safe here in C.A. (Central Alabama - El = 928 ft by my GPS.). Unfortunately, that places my nearest lighthouse, the all-but-unreachable Middle Bay, AL, some 250 mi SSW of here. At least I have a whole bunch of neat little ones to look at a bit closer.

John

Wheland- Guess my nick gives me away. I will be sure to check in at the www.elcome forum... Thanks!