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Tampa Bay Watch Light

Lighthouse · Pinellas County, Florida

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Tampa Bay Watch Light is a lighthouse in Pinellas County, Florida. Florida has 49 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Pinellas County.

It was built in 2005, in the postwar decades, making it the 29th oldest of the 30 in Florida with a recorded construction date; its light sits 75 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 4s (a white flash every 4 seconds); it guards Tampa Bay.

Status check, 2026-11: Also called the Tierra Verde Light. It is a Coast Guard–permitted private aid to navigation: a lantern on top of Tampa Bay Watch's education center building. The Florida Lighthouse Association lists it with its 'faux lighthouses.' Height is 74 ft per Tampa Bay Watch and 70 ft per Lighthouse Digest, so it is left null. The record's 13 m (about 43 ft) does not match either. It stands at 27.6547° N, 82.7178° W.

Key facts

Current structure built2005
Focal height75 ft
Light characteristicFl W 4s
Body of waterTampa Bay
Coordinates27.65472, -82.71778

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Questions

Where is Tampa Bay Watch Light?

Tampa Bay Watch Light is in Pinellas County, Florida, at 27.6547, -82.7178.

How many lighthouses are in Pinellas County?

Pinellas County, Florida has 2 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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