List of lighthouses in Louisiana

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Chandeleur Island Light Chandeleur Islands 30°2′50″N 88°52′41″W / 30.04722°N 88.87806°W / 30.04722; -88.87806 1848 (First)
1896 (Last)
Unknown 2005
(Destroyed)
None 102 102 ft (31 m)
East Rigolets Light Lake Borgne
(Rigolets)
30°09′18″N 89°39′00″W / 30.155°N 89.650°W / 30.155; -89.650 1833 Never 1874
(Destroyed by 1924)
None 060 60 ft (18 m)[1]
Frank's Island Light Mississippi River Delta N/A 1823 Never 1855A
(Replaced)
None Unknown
New Canal Light New Orleans 30°1′37.6″N 90°6′47.55″W / 30.027111°N 90.1132083°W / 30.027111; -90.1132083 1839 (First)
1890 (Current)
1941 ActiveB
(Inactive: 2005-2012)
Unknown 049 49 ft (15 m)
Pass A L'Outre Light Mississippi River Delta 29°11′24″N 89°02′14″W / 29.1901°N 89.0371°W / 29.1901; -89.0371 1855 Never 1930
(Abandoned)
None 077 77 ft (23 m)
(Original height)
Pass Manchac Light Manchac 30°17′48.1″N 90°17′53.7″W / 30.296694°N 90.298250°W / 30.296694; -90.298250 1839 (First)
1857 (Last)
1941 1987
(Destroyed in 2012)
None Unknown
Point Au Fer Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417 1916 (First)
1975 (Current)
Unknown Active Unknown 054 54 ft (16 m)
Port Pontchartrain Light N/A New Orleans N/A 1839 (First)
1855 (Current)
Never 1929 None Unknown
Sabine Pass Light Cameron Parish 29°42′59.5″N 93°51′0.6″W / 29.716528°N 93.850167°W / 29.716528; -93.850167 1857 Never 1952 None 085 85 ft (26 m)
Ship Shoal Light Last Island 28°54′52″N 91°04′16″W / 28.9145°N 91.0711°W / 28.9145; -91.0711 1860 1929 1965 None 105 105 ft (32 m)
South Pass Range
Front Light
N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1886 (First)
1947 (Last)
Unknown UnknownC
(Destroyed)
None Unknown
South Pass Light
(aka: South Pass Rear Range Light)
Plaquemines Parish 29°00′55″N 89°10′01″W / 29.01524°N 89.16686°W / 29.01524; -89.16686 1832 (First)
1881 (Current)
1971 Active DCB-224 105 105 ft (32 m)
Southwest Pass Light N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1832D (First)
2007 (Current)
1984 Active Unknown 128 128 ft (39 m)
(Third tower)D
Southwest Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 29°41′39.4″N 91°12′58.7″W / 29.694278°N 91.216306°W / 29.694278; -91.216306 1859 Never 1916 None 049 49 ft (15 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Front Light Madisonville 30°22′42.55″N 90°10′10.16″W / 30.3784861°N 90.1694889°W / 30.3784861; -90.1694889 1903 (First)
1915 (Last)
Unknown Unknown
(Removed)
None 025 25 ft (7.6 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light Madisonville 30°22′46.7″N 90°10′08.8″W / 30.379639°N 90.169111°W / 30.379639; -90.169111 1837 (First)
1867 (Current)
1952 Active 250mm 049 49 ft (15 m)
Trinity Shoal Light Trinity Shoal N/A Never built Never N/A None N/A
West Rigolets Light Lake Borgne
(Rigolets)
30°10′33″N 89°44′34″W / 30.17583°N 89.74278°W / 30.17583; -89.74278[2] 1854 Never 1945
(Destroyed in 2005)
None 029 29 ft (8.8 m)
  1. ^ "East Rigolets (Louisiana)". United States Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  2. ^ List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. United States Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 242. Retrieved 2017-03-30.