Tybee Island Lighthouse
Tybee Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Laurel Knoll stands 4 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's Cottage, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. US-278 Scenic Highway passes 10 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Tybee Island Light is a lighthouse located on the north end of Tybee Island, Georgia. It overlooks the Savannah River at the point where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. The Tybee Light is one of seven surviving colonial-era lighthouse towers in the United States, but it was heavily modified during the mid-nineteenth century.
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Dates from 1736.
Wikidata Q7859692, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1867
- Height
- 44.2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
- 13.3 mi off the S-13 Scenic Highway
- 13.3 mi off the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway
- 14.4 mi off the S-163 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Tybee Island Light Station: 0.0 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- The Park of The Seven Flags: 2.1 mi
- Tybee Island Pier & Pavilion: 2.1 mi
- Battery Brumby: 0.1 mi
- Battery Garland: 0.1 mi
- Battery Fenwick: 0.1 mi
- Battery Backus: 0.2 mi
- Battery Gant: 0.2 mi
- Tybee Island Marine Science Center: 2.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
- Bloody Point Lighthouse: 5.4 mi
- Silver Dew Winery - Museum: 5.4 mi
- Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation: 7.2 mi
- Alligator: 8.0 mi
- Albert the Alligator: 8.0 mi
- Charles E. Fraser: 8.3 mi
- Out To Lunch: 8.3 mi
- Attic Trophy: 8.3 mi
- Captian Mike's Dolphin Adventure: 2.3 mi
- Liberty Oak Tree: 8.3 mi
- Legendary Golf: 11.7 mi
- Old Fort Jackson: 11.9 mi
- Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf: 12.6 mi
- Heritage Farms: 8.9 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Wymberly Garden Club: 12.9 mi
- Hospital Courtyard: 13.0 mi
- Savannah Botanical Gardens: 14.4 mi
- North Beach: 0.0 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 0.7 mi
- Mid Beach: 1.3 mi
- Back River Beach: 2.3 mi
- South Beach: 2.4 mi
- Causton Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Victoria Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Drakies Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 10.6 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 12.7 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 24.1 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 24.5 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 24.8 mi
- Sassafras Hill: 24.8 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 0.0 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 0.0 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 4.4 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 17.7 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 23.5 mi
- Purrysburg: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tybee Island Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Knoll | NNW 337° | 4 m | 24.5 mi |
| Buzzard Knoll | NNW 337° | 4 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NNW 335° | 4 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 22 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Tybee Light, GA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 82002393OpenStreetMapOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Fort Screven Historic District, reference 82002393, listed 05/25/82.
OpenStreetMap element way/456451300
Day trips start here
- Tybee Island · 1 mi
- Hilton Head Island · 12 mi
- Skidaway Island · 13 mi
- Bluffton · 15 mi
- Savannah · 15 mi
- Port Wentworth · 22 mi
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