We drove right past Jacksonville and kept on going to Amelia Island to get a look at the lighthouse there.

Unfortunately we got a bit lost- the directions on the Lighthouse Friends site say to get off at Exit 375 unfortunately it should read Exit 373. There is no Exit 375.

No big deal- just a bit time consuming.

We drove on down to Ft Clinch State Park which is listed as the best place to view the light. This also has been refuted here on the forums- I didn't try and get closer to it because the site said access was problematic due to it being in an area with private homes.

I did get a photo of part of the LH from the park

Amelia Island Lighthouse



We drove further into the park because the sign at the spot where you can see Amelia Island Lighthouse speaks of the ruins of the Oil house of one of the other 3 beacons that served the area.

We actually drove by it twice before we stopped at it- the signs for it aren't very good.

Here are some photos of the signs at the Oil House site.







North Range Beacon House




Map Showing Locations Of The 4 Beacons




One Of The Original Beacons




Oil House Then