Sapelo Island Light, Sapelo Island

Name: Sapelo Island Light
Address: Sapelo Island, United States

#1 among attractions in Sapelo Island

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Sapelo Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, near the southern tip of Sapelo Island. It is the nation's second-oldest brick lighthouse and the oldest survivor among lighthouses designed by Winslow Lewis. The lighthouse, oil building, the cistern, the footing of the 1905 light, the ruins of the fortification, and the associated range light were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. ()

Coordinates: 31°23'29"N, 81°17'9"W

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Sapelo Island United States

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Sapelo Island Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island Range Front Light, First African Baptist Church at Raccoon Bluff, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.

2.6 miN
Cemetery
Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island
66 min walk • Behavior Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Sapelo Island outside Hog Hammock, Georgia. The African-American cemetery is believed to date to before the American Civil War although the earliest marker is dated to the late 19th century.
~710 ftSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Sapelo Island Range Front Light, Sapelo Island
4 min walk • The Sapelo Island Range Front Light is a lighthouse range light on Sapelo Island, Georgia, U.S. It is near the Sapelo Island Light and is a contributor to its 1997 National Register of Historic Places nomination.
6.1 miNE
Church
First African Baptist Church at Raccoon Bluff, Sapelo Island
155 min walk • The First African Baptist Church at Raccoon Bluff is a historic church on Sapelo Island, Georgia. The church was built in c.1899-1900 and is the last surviving remnant of the Raccoon Bluff community, once the largest community on Sapelo Island.
4.4 miN
Park, Animals
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Sapelo Island
112 min walk • The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve is a 6,110-acre coastal plain estuary, located in the U.S. State of Georgia, protected on its seaward side by a Pleistocene barrier island. It was established in 1976.
5.5 miS
National park
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
142 min walk • Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Darien, Georgia, in McIntosh County, was established on April 3, 1930 to provide protection and habitat for migratory birds.

Sapelo Island Light, Sapelo Island

Facts and practical information

Sapelo Island Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island

Sapelo Island Range Front Light, Sapelo Island

First African Baptist Church at Raccoon Bluff, Sapelo Island

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Sapelo Island

Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge