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Gasperilla Island Lighthouse

Lighthouse · Lee County, Florida

This is an interesting lighthouse. This is an onshore skeletal lighthouse with a hexagonal footprint. It was originally built in 1881 as the Delaware Breakwater
This is an interesting lighthouse. This is an onshore skeletal lighthouse with a hexagonal footprint. It was originally built in 1881 as the Delaware Breakwater · Pete Markham from Loretto, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Gasperilla Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Lee County, Florida. Florida has 49 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Lee County.

The tower stands about 105 feet tall (8th tallest of 16 measured in Florida); the light characteristic is recorded as Iso WR 6s (a white and red light, equally on and off, repeating every 6 seconds), with a range of about 12 nautical miles.

Status check, 2026-11: This is the Boca Grande Entrance Rear Range Light (the name is usually spelled 'Gasparilla'). The iron skeletal tower is usually dated to 1881, when it served as the Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light. Some sources give 1885 or 1891 instead. It was taken apart and rebuilt on Gasparilla Island in 1927, then first lit there in 1932. Because sources disagree on the date, year_built is left null. It stands at 26.7419° N, 82.2633° W.

Key facts

Tower height105 ft
Light characteristicIso WR 6s
Range12 nautical miles
Coordinates26.74192, -82.26334

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Questions

Where is Gasperilla Island Lighthouse?

Gasperilla Island Lighthouse is in Lee County, Florida, at 26.7419, -82.2633.

How many lighthouses are in Lee County?

Lee County, Florida has 3 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.