The Historic St. Simons Light Station

Rising 104 feet in Savannah-grey brick, the 1872 lighthouse replaced the Civil War-destroyed original; its French-made Fresnel lens, first lit that September, still casts a beam far out to sea as an active aid to navigation.

The Historic St. Simons Light Station is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.1339, -81.3936 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Early History of St. Simons Island (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The First Lighthouse ~ 1810, Fort St. Simons, and Keepers of the Light.

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