Hillsboro Inlet Light
Hillsboro Inlet Light is a lighthouse in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY runs past it.
The story
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the north side of Hillsboro Inlet, midway between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. The light marks the northern limit of the Florida Reef, an underwater coral formation on the lower east coast of the state.
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Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q12060127, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1907
- Height
- 41.5 m
- Elevation
- 00 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- On the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Barefoot Mailman: 0.0 mi
- Sisters: 4.4 mi
- Lily in Berea: 4.5 mi
- Addison Mizner Statue: 6.0 mi
- Mending Wall: 6.7 mi
- Surfboard Park: 0.1 mi
- Beach Path: 0.2 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Park: 0.2 mi
- Marine Drive Park: 0.6 mi
- Exchange Club Park: 0.6 mi
- Blanche Ely House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Creation Science Museum: 4.5 mi
- South Florida Railway Museum: 4.7 mi
- Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum: 6.4 mi
- Boca Raton Children's Museum: 6.6 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light Station: 0.2 mi
- Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol: 1.5 mi
- Athletic Hall of Fame: 4.7 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 7.1 mi
- Deerfield Highlands Nature Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Tivoli Sand Pines Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Military Trail Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Blazing Star Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Fern Forest Nature Center: 7.0 mi
- Max’s Barber: 2.9 mi
- Butterfly World: 5.7 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Lounge Car 6603: 5.8 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Dining Car 6113: 5.8 mi
- Sunrise Paddleboards: 7.3 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Art School Sculpture Garden: 6.5 mi
- Boca Raton Museum Sculpture Garden: 6.7 mi
- Sculpture Promenade: 6.7 mi
- Boca Raton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden: 6.8 mi
- Boca Raton Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hollywood Beach: 16.1 mi
- Delray Public Beach: 17.6 mi
- Sunny Isles Beach: 22.9 mi
- Haulover Beach: 23.5 mi
- Daggerwing: 5.6 mi
- Elfin: 5.6 mi
- Crescent: 5.7 mi
- Grandiosa: 5.8 mi
- Picnic area: 6.9 mi
- Keeper's Quarters: 0.0 mi
- Inlet House: 0.0 mi
- Timer and Generator Building: 0.0 mi
- The Bungalow: 0.0 mi
- Yamato Colony: 10.9 mi
- Andytown: 23.7 mi
- Inverrary Waterfalls: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillsboro Inlet Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park | WNW 287° | 70 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:43 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:59 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 68 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 71 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompano Beach Airpark, 2 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Hillsboro Inlet, Coast Guard Light Station, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 79000661OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Hillsboro Inlet Light Station, reference 79000661, listed 02/16/74.
OpenStreetMap element node/9141453841
Day trips start here
- Greater Miami · 21 mi
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