SLIDE SHOW: New England Lighthouses

Comment from Johnnie Greene on June 21, 2009

I truly love Light Houses, would really like to stay in a Light House for a Vacation!

Comment from Sharon Nolan on June 23, 2009

These lighthouses are just magnificent. Are there any lighthouses on the West Coast?

Comment from joy myers on June 23, 2009

So beautiful I am sending the lighthouses on to Janet and Bill!!!

Comment from Marie Gennett on June 23, 2009

We love lighthouses especially Nubble at Yotk Beach Marie & Leon Gennett Plattsburgh,NY

Comment from Linda Durand on June 23, 2009

Lighthouses are one of my passions, symbols of strength and safety

Comment from lawrence wilke on June 23, 2009

I love lighthouses. I have seen a couple up close

Comment from Bonnie Snyder on June 23, 2009

They are beautiful, I really like your e-mails. Thanks so much

Comment from Christine Morton on June 23, 2009

I am addicted to lighthouses, I will be forwarding some that I've have photographed recently, hope you enjoy :-) My husband and I have traveled the coast of Maine from the southern end all the way up to Quoddy Head in Lubec, this year even across the bridge to Campobello Island, what a beautiful lighthouse there (East Quoddy Head)!

Comment from Rosalie Cooksey on June 23, 2009

Double Wow! These pictures are great, some of them truly outstanding! VT has their share of lakes - watch for Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Events and come visit the 400th year of its founding- but lighthouses are nil. These bring back memories of when I lived in other places nearer the ocean. Thanks, everyone! They are lovely pictures.

Roz hom2vt@gmail.com

Comment from on June 23, 2009

Yes Sharon, there are lighthouses on the West Coast -- all up and down just as in the East. We also have lighthouses on our inland Lake Havasu in Arizona -- all the ones on the east side of the lake are smaller replicas of those on the East Coast and those on the west side of the lake are replicas of those on the West Coast. Those on islands in the middle are replicas of those on the Great Lakes.

Pearl tucsonfolks@hotmail.com

Comment from Sarah Walsemann on June 23, 2009

I absolutely love these photo's. Everyone is gorgeous. Thank you so much.

Comment from C Jordan on June 23, 2009

The photograph entitled Halfway Rock Light is actually the Ram Island lighthouse, off Cape Elizabeth. Halfway Rock marks the halfway point between the easternmost & westernmost points of Casco Bay; the lighthouse is white.

Comment from Danielle Jeanloz on June 23, 2009

You can rent out accommodations at the Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, Mass, Cape Cod. For additional information see: http://web.me.com/jenkinsgroup/Race_Point/Welcome.html It's supposed to be a terrific experience.

Comment from Shirley Chaisson on June 23, 2009

I have photos of two lighthouses in Virginia Beach. They are the Cape Henry lighthouses. Would be nice if we could submit lighthouses from all over. I love them too.

Comment from Linda Davis on June 24, 2009

When I see a lighthouse, I think of life, hope, safety, and home. They are a calming effect that says "it's okay, I'm here to guide you and you are safely home." Absolutely lovely. I agree with Johnnie Greene in that one of my fondest dreams is living in a lighthouse and watching as the ships pass by. God bless you all.

Comment from Mary Hitt on June 24, 2009

You can stay overnight at Rose Island Lighthouse, In Rhode Island, and serve as the lighthouse keeper during your stay. Very popular; sign up way in advance!

Comment from Pete Whitney on June 24, 2009

Love the lighthouses. Always so enjoyable to see them. They are the silent sentries keeping ships safe.

Every time we go to Cape Cod, we ALWAYS stop at Chatham Light. Every Wednesday for several hours a day, the Coast Guard opens the lighthouse during July and August.

Thanks for the great pictures.

Comment from Eura Olsen on June 26, 2009

Beatiful lighthouses, I have a collection of them.I have never seen a real one. Some day I hope.

Comment from Tracy Allen on June 28, 2009

In a previous career I was a Coast Guard officer who had the good fortune to visit most of the lights from Point Judith up to West Quoddy Head. I agree with the other commenter that the one shot is Ram Island Ledge Light off Portland Harbor. The Keeper's House on Isle au Haut was a great inn, but I am not sure if they are still in operation. It's been 8 years since I stayed there.

Comment from CB Spady on July 1, 2009

The Light titiled Halfway Rock, Is actually Ram Island Ledge. This light is located off of Portland Head in Cape Elizabeth. C Jorden said this was Ram Island Light which is located in Boothbay, off Lineakin Point.

Comment from Donald Reed on July 3, 2009

Regarding light houses in Vermont. The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne VT has an exhibit on the Colchester Reef lighthouse which is due to reopen at the end of July. This was moved to the museum from Lake Champlain in the 1950's. Its having some foundation work done. The light house is near another great exhibit the steamboat Ticonderoga. http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/ Two Vermont Lighthouses are active though on private land and not public. Isle la Motte, northern Lake Champlain and Windmill Point Light in Alburg, Vermont These two lighthouses were unused for 70 years and relit in 2002.

Comment from David Cook on July 13, 2009

Re: VT & Lake Champlain - there are also two reconstructed towers on the Burlington breakwaters, plus at least two of the three on Lake Memphranog (YOU GUYS SPELL IT!), up on the Canadian border, have been revived. Lk Champlain has 6 more on the NY side. For those of you who think of Maine as the Lighthouse State - NY has 30 more standing towers today than Maine does. Yes, as a transplanted Yankee it's hard to admit that, but it is true. A new book, "Light-Keepers of Lake Champlain" is available through the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (lcmm.org).