Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse - Ponce Inlet, FL
N 29° 04.837 W 080° 55.683
17R E 507002 N 3216919
Quick Description: The tallest lighthouse in Florida has been preserved and now serves as a maritime museum.
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2009 8:16:41 AM
Waymark Code: WM7EY0
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Long Description:Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
Completed in 1887, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station was built
when the area was known as Mosquito Inlet. After decades of
restoration by the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation
Association, it stands today as one of the best preserved, most
complete Light Stations in the nation.
Visit Florida's tallest lighthouse
Visited by over 125,000 people each year, the Ponce de Leon Inlet
Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998.
The lighthouse tower and museum are located 12 miles south of
Daytona Beach and are open to the public year round. The lighthouse
is close to Orlando attractions, historic St. Augustine, and the
Kennedy Space Center. The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse is the tallest
lighthouse in Florida and the second tallest masonry lighthouse in
the nation. Visitors can climb 203 steps to the top of the 175 foot
tower and enjoy magnificent views of the World's Most Famous Beach,
Ponce Inlet, and surrounding inland waterways from the lighthouse
gallery deck.
Fresnel Lenses and Florida history
The lighthouse keepers' dwellings and other historic light station
buildings are now home to our lighthouse museum, which features
exhibits on lighthouse life, Daytona Beach and Florida history,
lighthouse and Fresnel lens restoration, shipwrecks, and the
lighthouse keepers and their families. The Ayres Davies Lens
Exhibit Building houses one of the finest collections of restored
Fresnel lenses in the world, including the rotating first order
Fresnel lens from the Cape Canaveral lighthouse and the restored
original Ponce Inlet lighthouse first order Fresnel lens.
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