Category Archives: Sight Seeing

Sanibal Island Light taken from the beach area

Sanibel Island Light, Sanibel Island, Florida

Sanibal Island Light taken from the causeway

Sanibal Island Light taken from the causeway

To view the Sanibel Island Light (also called Point Ybel Light) up close and personal, you need to drive to Sanibel Island. There is a toll to go over the Sanibel causeway bridge of $6.00 to get onto Sanibel Island. If you have a Sunpass, you can pay your toll with that. You can leave the island at no charge. You get a very good view of the lighthouse from the causeway.

We drove to Lighthouse Beach and parked there. Parking is $2.00 an hour and is purchased in 1 hour increments. Don’t even think about parking illegally – the current fine is $50.00. Parking is ample, but you may need to wait for someone to leave to get a space. Fortunately, it appears that people come and go fairly often.

Sanibal Island Light taken from the boardwalk

Sanibal Island Light taken from the boardwalk

Once parked, look for the sign for the restrooms. You take about a 5 minute walk along a boardwalk, then take a right to get to the restrooms which is where the lighthouse is as well.

The lighthouse and adjoining houses are closed to the public, but you can get fairly close to the light tower and buildings.

The Sanibel Light was constructed in 1884 by the U.S. Lighthouse Bureau and began functioning on August 20, 1884. The light tower is roughly 98 feet tall with foot supporting legs.


Sanibal Island Light

Sanibal Island Light

Sanibal Island Light

Sanibal Island Light

Sanibal Island Light taken from the beach area

Sanibal Island Light taken from the beach area


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Newburyport Rear Range Light

Harbor Rear Range Light, Newburyport MA

Newburyport Rear Range Light

Newburyport Rear Range Light

Want to do something extra special? How about dinner at the top of a lighthouse?

That’s what the Rear Range Light is offering in Newburyport, Massachusetts. For $350, you get an all you can eat gourmet dinner and the lighthouse for the entire evening.

The dinner is catered by Ten Center Street in Newburyport. You can order anything you want off the menu and as much as you like. However, they do not serve any alcoholic beverages. Fortunately, you can bring your own.

Half the money goes to the preservation efforts of restoring the Rear Range Light as well as the Front Range Light – also in Newburyport.

The Rear Range Light stands 53 feet tall and was established in 1873 and deactivated in 1961.

For dinner reservations, you can call (800) 727-BEAM.


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Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light

Harbor Front Range Light, Newburyport MA

Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light

Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light

The Front Range Light in Newburyport, Massachusetts is located behind the Rear Range Light.

The lighthouse is on Coast Guard property so you cannot walk right up to it. You can get a good view of it through the chain link fence surrounding it.

The Front Range Light is 15 feet tall. It was established in 1873 and deactivated in 1961.


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