Life at the Tybee Island Light Station

Keepers and their families shared the duties of Georgia's oldest light station, finding Tybee's mild climate and beaches a welcome contrast to the harsh, isolated posts of New England and the Great Lakes.

Life at the Tybee Island Light Station is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0224, -80.8456 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Journal of the Light-House Station (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Who Controls the Tybee Lighthouse?, Savannah River Light, and The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.