Gasparilla Island Lights

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Boca Grande Lighthouse

The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is still active as an aid to navigation and has also been restored and houses a museum and gift shop.
Location	south tip of Gasparilla Island, on the Boca Grande Pass
Coordinates	26°43′02.5″N 82°15′39.4″W / 26.717361°N 82.260944°W / 26.717361; -82.260944
Tower
Constructed	1890
Foundation	iron screw piles
Construction	wood frame
Automated	1956
Height	44 feet (13 m)
Shape	octagonal lantern at roof peak of a square house
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1890
Deactivated	1966, reactivated 1986
Focal height	13 m (43 ft)
Lens	three and a half order Fresnel lens
Range	12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	white light flashes every 20 seconds
Port Boca Grande Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Gasparilla Island
Coordinates	26°43′2″N 82°15′39″W / 26.71722°N 82.26083°W / 26.71722; -82.26083
NRHP reference No.	80000953
Added to NRHP	February 28, 1980

Gasperilla Island Lighthouse

The Gasparilla Island Rear Range Light was first lit in 1932.
Location	2 miles north of Port Boca Grande Lighthouse
Coordinates	26°44′31.4″N 82°15′48.8″W / 26.742056°N 82.263556°W / 26.742056; -82.263556
Tower
Foundation	iron steel piles
Construction	wrought iron
Automated	1956
Height	105 feet (32 m)
Shape	skeletal tower
Light
First lit	1932
Deactivated	2014, reactivated 2018
Lens	fourth order Fresnel lens
Range	10 nm (red sector)
Characteristic	white light with red sector, 6 second isophase period[1]

The Gasparilla Island Lights are on Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida. The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island (located in Gasparilla Island State Park), and marked the Boca Grande Pass entrance to Charlotte Harbor.