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St. Augustine Lighthouse
Resting at the northern end of
Anastasia Island Florida, the St.
Augustine Lighthouse has warned and
provided light to the incoming and
passing ships that sail through the
Matanzas Inlet and Atlantic Ocean for
more than 100 years, and is today one of
the most popular and most visited
St
Augustine Attractions. The Lighthouse
St. Augustine that is preserved and
toured today is actually a replacement
for an original St. Augustine Lighthouse
that existed for decades before it
deteriorated and fell into the Atlantic
Ocean in 1880. City officials knew that
this structure was damaged and in 1871
began planning for a better equipped St.
Augustine Lighthouse that would be built
further inland.
 The current St. Augustine Lighthouse
took more than three years to construct
and was finally completed in 1874, just
before the previous one was swallowed by
the sea. It rises more than 165 feet
above sea level and features state of
the art telescopes and observation
technology that was used in the early
part of the 20th century. Visitors to
the St. Augustine Lighthouse can climb
to the top of the tower and enjoy
browsing the historical artifacts in the
St. Augustine Florida Lighthouse museum.
The museum includes the lighthouse
keeper’s suite where the infamous St.
Augustine Lighthouse keeper and family
lived. Tours of the Saint Augustine
Lighthouse generally last about an hour,
and the grounds of the St. Augustine
Lighthouse are handicap accessible,
however the tower itself is not.
Visitors must climb all 219 steps to see
the views from atop the tower’s
observation point as the tower was never
equipped with modern conveniences of
today, like elevators.
The St Augustine FL Lighthouse is open
daily from 8 am until 6 pm and the last
ticket to climb the St. Augustine
Lighthouse tower is sold at 5:45. The St
Augustine FL Lighthouse closes during
inclement weather; visitors are asked to
call the observation deck if they are
not sure as to whether the attraction
will be open. In July, the tower stays
open until 7 pm and on these days the
last ticket is sold at 6:45.
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day the St. Augustine
Lighthouse is closed.
Visit this famous place in St. Augustine
and all of the other
St Augustine
Attractions. The Old City is a wonderful
place to enjoy a
Florida Beach Vacation
and with fun attractions like the
Castillo de San Marcos,
Fort Matanzas,
the
Alligator Farm St Augustine FL, and
the
Marineland Dolphin Conservation
Center you will never run out of
exhilarating Things to Do in St Augustine Florida.
Read more to begin planning your Florida
Getaway. Instead of staying in the
common, commercial St Augustine FL
Hotels, stay in a historic
St.
Augustine Bed and Breakfast.
All of the charming St. Augustine FL Bed
and Breakfasts within our association
are located right in the historic
district and many have been widely noted
in travel publications across the
country. Check out there great deals on
accommodations for your
Romantic
Getaways in Florida and
St Augustine
Beach Vacation or contact us for more
information.
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