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Sanibel Island Light

Sanibel, FL · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationSanibel, FL (Lee County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number1245
Light characteristicFl (2)W 6s
Height of light above water98 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureBrown square pyramidal skeleton tower, enclosing stair cylinder.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 10/1/1974 · Reference #74000648
Position26.45292, -82.01426 (federal record; not for navigation)

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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