WayfarrowCat Island Light
Lighthouse · Harrison County, Mississippi
Cat Island Light is a lighthouse in Harrison County, Mississippi. Mississippi has 11 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Harrison County.
It was deactivated in 1937.
Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The 1831 brick tower was badly damaged during the Civil War and replaced in 1871 by a cottage screwpile lighthouse. That one was shut off in 1937 and later destroyed (one source says it burned in 1961). Only a ruined platform remains, and there is no light there today. It stands at 30.2308° N, 89.1616° W.
Nearby places
- Pass Christian Lightlighthouse · Harrison County · 7.8 mi
- Gulfport Harbor Lightlighthouse · Harrison County · 10.2 mi
- Ship Island Lightlighthouse · Harrison County · 11.8 mi
- Epicoghost town · Harrison County · 14.2 mi
- St. Joseph Island Lightlighthouse · Hancock County · 15.8 mi
- Hearteaseghost town · Harrison County · 17.3 mi
- Lake Borgne Lightlighthouse · Hancock County · 17.9 mi
- Biloxi Lightlighthouse · Harrison County · 19.2 mi
- Chandeleur Island Lightlighthouse · St. Bernard County · 21.2 mi
- Beppoghost town · Hancock County · 21.4 mi
- Westoniaghost town · Hancock County · 25.7 mi
- Bennettghost town · Hancock County · 27.7 mi
Questions
Where is Cat Island Light?
Cat Island Light is in Harrison County, Mississippi, at 30.2308, -89.1616.
How many lighthouses are in Harrison County?
Harrison County, Mississippi has 5 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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