List of lighthouses in Rhode Island

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Rhode Island as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are fifteen active lights in the state as well as two skeleton towers erected to replace earlier staffed lighthouses.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1749{{cite web |url=http://www.rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/beavertail_lighthouse.html|publisher=Rhode Island Lighthouse History |title=Beavertail Light |author=R. Holmes}} and the last in 1962 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the much-modified Poplar Point Light, although the tower now standing at Prudence Island Light was first erected at Goat Island in 1824. The tallest extant tower is that at Beavertail Light, though the focal plane of the Block Island Southeast Light is much higher on account of the bluffs upon which it sits.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,{{cite uscgll|1|2010|}} while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard historical information site for lighthouses.{{cite uscghist|RI}} Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) navigational charts.

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Name ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\|Image ! Location ! width="100"\| Coordinates ! Year first lit ! Automated ! Year deactivated ! Current Lens ! Focal Height
Beavertail Lighthouse \| 150x150px \| Jamestown (Conanicut Island) \| {{coord\|41.4493
71.3993\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Beavertail Lighthouse}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1749 (Former) 1856 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1989 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\|VRB-25 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 068 {{convert\|68\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Block Island North Light \| 150x150px \| New Shoreham (Block Island) \| {{coord\|41.2275
71.5761\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Block Island North Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1829 (Former) 1867 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1955 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1973–1989, 2008–2010) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Fourth-order Fresnel \| style="text-align: center;"\| 061 {{convert\|61\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Block Island Southeast Light \| 150x150px \| New Shoreham (Block Island) \| {{coord\|41.1597
71.5472\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Block Island Southeast Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1875 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1990 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1990–1994) \| style="text-align: center;"\| First-order Fresnel \| style="text-align: center;"\| 258 {{convert\|258\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Brenton Reef Light \| \| Narragansett \| {{coord\|41.4264
71.3894\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Brenton Reef Light}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/brenton_reef_offshore_light_station.html\|title=Brenton Reef Offshore Light station\|publisher=R. Holmes}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1962 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1962 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1989 (Now a lighted buoy) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 087 {{convert\|87\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Bristol Ferry Light \| 150x150px \| Bristol \| {{coord\|41.6431
71.2603\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Bristol Ferry Light}}{{cite web\|url=http://lighthouse.cc/bristolferry/index.html\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115154231/http://lighthouse.cc/bristolferry/index.html\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=January 15, 2013\|title=Bristol Ferry Light\|publisher=Jeremy D'Entremont}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1855 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Never \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1927 (Now a private house) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 035 {{convert\|35\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Bullock's Point Light \|150x150px \| Providence River \| {{coord\|41.7377
71.3642\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Bullock's Point Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1876 (Former) 1939 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1939 (skeleton tower) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Original tower destroyed) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 050 {{convert\|50\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Castle Hill Light \| 150x150px \| Newport \| {{coord\|41.4619
71.3633\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Castle Hill Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1890 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1957 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| 300mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 040 {{convert\|40\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Conanicut Island Light \| 150x150px \| Jamestown (Conanicut Island) \| {{coord\|41.5733
71.3725\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Conanicut Island Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1886 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Never \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1933 \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 047 {{convert\|47\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/conanicut.html\|title=Conanicut Lighthouse\|first=Jeremy\|last=D'Entremont\|publisher=New England Lighthouses\|accessdate=2014-08-26\|archive-date=2014-09-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904100825/http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/conanicut.html\|url-status=dead}}
Conimicut Shoal Light \| 150x150px \| Warwick \| {{coord\|41.7169
71.3458\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Conimicut Shoal Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1868 (Former) 1883 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1966 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown \| style="text-align: center;"\| 029 {{convert\|29\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Dutch Island Light \| 150x150px \| Jamestown \| {{coord\|41.4956
71.4044\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Dutch Island Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1826 (Former) 1857 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1947 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1979-2007) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 056 {{convert\|56\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/dutch-island.html\|title=Dutch Island Lighthouse\|first=Jeremy\|last=D'Entremont\|publisher=New England Lighthouses\|accessdate=2014-08-26\|archive-date=2014-09-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904101257/http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/dutch-island.html\|url-status=dead}}
Fuller Rock Light \| 150x150px \| Providence River \| {{coord\|41.7898
71.3796\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Fuller Rock Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1872 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1918 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1923 (Destroyed) 1923 (Replaced with a skeleton tower renamed Channel Light 42) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 028 {{convert\|28\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/fuller-rock-light-history.html\|title=Fuller Rock Lighthouse History\|publisher=New England Lighthouses \|accessdate=2011-01-06}}
Gould Island Light \| \| Jamestown (Gould Island){{cite web\|url=http://www.lighthouse.cc/goulds/index.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005190441/http://www.lighthouse.cc/goulds/index.html\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=October 5, 1999\|title=Gould Island Light\|publisher=Jeremy D'Entremont}} \| {{coord\|41.534
71.343\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Gould Island Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1889 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1947 (on skeleton tower 1947–1968) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1947 \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 052 {{convert\|52\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Gull Rocks Light \| \| Newport \| {{coord\|41.5024
71.3331\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Gull Rocks Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1887 (Former) 1928 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1960 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1969 (Demolished) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 033 {{convert\|33\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Hog Island Shoal Light \| 219x219px \| Portsmouth (Hog Island \| {{coord\|41.6322
71.2736\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Hog Island Shoal Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1901 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1964 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| VLB-44{{Cite web\|url=http://rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/hog_island_lighthouse.html\|title=Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse - Rhode Island\|website=rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info\|access-date=2019-09-15}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 054 {{convert\|54\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Ida Lewis Rock Light \| 150x150px \| Newport (Lime Rock) \| {{coord\|41.4778
71.3264\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Ida Lewis Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1854 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1927 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1963 \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown
Musselbed Shoals Light \| 150x150px \| Narragansett Bay (Open water) \| {{coord\|41.6363\| -71.2599\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Musselbed Shoals Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1873 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1939 (skeleton tower) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Original tower destroyed) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 035 {{convert\|35\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.lighthouse.cc/musselshoal/history.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000121144033/http://www.lighthouse.cc/musselshoal/history.html\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=January 21, 2000\|title=Musselbed Shoals Lighthouse: History\|publisher=Jeremy D'Entremont\|accessdate=2010-08-26}}
Nayatt Point Light \| 150x150px \| Barrington \| {{coord\|41.7250
71.3397\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Nayatt Point Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1828 (Former) 1856 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1868 \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown
Newport Harbor Light (Goat Island Light) \| 150x150px \| Newport (Goat Island) \| {{coord\|41.4933
71.3270\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Newport Harbor Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1823 (Former) 1865 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1923 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 033 {{convert\|33\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Plum Beach Light \| 150x150px \| North Kingstown \| {{coord\|41.5300
71.4056\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Plum Beach Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1897 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 2003 (Relit) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1941–2003) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown
Point Judith Light \| 150x150px \| Narragansett \| {{coord\|41.3608
71.4819\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Point Judith Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1810 (Former) 1857 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1954 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| Fourth-order Fresnel \| style="text-align: center;"\| 051 {{convert\|51\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Pomham Rocks Light \| 150x150px \| East Providence \| {{coord\|41.7775
71.3696\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Pomham Rocks Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1871 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 2006 (Relit) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (on skeleton tower 1974–2006) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Marine LED Beacon VLB-44 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 067 {{convert\|67\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Poplar Point Light \| 150x150px \| North Kingstown \| {{coord\|41.5708
71.4397\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Poplar Point Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1831 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Never \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1882 (Now a private house) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown
Prudence Island Light \| 150x150px \| Portsmouth (Prudence Island) \| {{coord\|41.6056
71.3031\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Prudence Island Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1852 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1961 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 028 {{convert\|28\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Rose Island Light \| 150x150px \| Newport (Rose island \| {{coord\|41.4956
71.3431\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Rose Island Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1870 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1992 (Relit) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1971–1992) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Sixth-order Fresnel{{Cite web\|url=http://rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/rose_island_lighthouse.html\|title=Rose Island Lighthouse\|last=R. Holmes\|date=\|website=rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info\|access-date=2019-09-15}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 048 {{convert\|48\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Sabin Point Light \|150x150px \| Providence River \| {{coord\|41.7619
71.3742\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Sabin Point Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1872 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1956 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1968 (Razed) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 036 {{convert\|36\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Sakonnet Light \| 150x150px \| Little Compton (Sakonnet River) \| {{coord\|41.4531
71.2031\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Sakonnet Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1884{{cite web\|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=687\|title=Sakonnet, RI\|publisher=LighthouseFriends}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1997 (Relit) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (Inactive: 1955–1997) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Unknown \| style="text-align: center;"\| 058 {{convert\|58\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Sassafras Point Light \| 150x150px \| Providence River \| {{coord\|41.800
71.392\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Sassafras Point Light}}{{cite book\|title=Triangulation in Rhode Island\|first=Earl\|last=Church\|publisher=Government Printing Office\|page=40\|year=1920\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QINAQAAIAAJ&q=sassafras+point+lighthouse&pg=PA40\|accessdate=2014-01-14}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1872 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Never \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1912 (Demolished) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 025 {{convert\|25\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/sassafras-point.html\|title=Sassafras Point Lighthouse\|author=Jeremy D'Entremont\|publisher=New England Lighthouses\|accessdate=2014-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101082633/http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/sassafras-point.html\|archive-date=2014-01-01\|url-status=dead}}
Warwick Light \| 154x154px \| Warwick \| {{coord\|41.6669
71.3786\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Warwick Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1827 (Former) 1932 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1985 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 066 {{convert\|66\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Watch Hill Light \| 150x150px \| Westerly (Watch Hill) \| {{coord\|41.3039
71.8584\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Watch Hill Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1808 (Former) 1857 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1986 \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active \| style="text-align: center;"\| VRB-25 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 061 {{convert\|61\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}
Whale Rock Light \| 150x150px \| Narragansett (Whale Rock) \| {{coord\|41.4436
71.4236\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Whale Rock Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1882 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1939 \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1938 (Destroyed) 1939{{Cite web\|url=http://rhodeislandlighthousehistory.info/whale_rock_lighthouse.html\|title=Whale Rock Lighthouse\|last=R.\|first=Holmes\|date=\|website=Rhode Island Lighthouse History Retrieved 9/30/2019\|access-date=}} (Replaced with skeleton tower) \| style="text-align: center;"\| None \| style="text-align: center;"\| 073 {{convert\|73\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/whale-rock.html\|title=Whale Rock Lighthouse\|first=Jeremy\|last=D'Entremont\|publisher=New England Lighthouses\|accessdate=2014-08-26\|archive-date=2014-09-04\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904105244/http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/whale-rock.html\|url-status=dead}}
Wickford Harbor Light \| 150x150px \| North Kingstown Wickford \| {{coord\|41.5734
71.4362\|type:landmark_region:US-RI\|name=Wickford Harbor Light}} \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1882 (Former) 1930 (Current) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 1930 (skeleton tower) \| style="text-align: center;"\| Active (skeleton tower) \| style="text-align: center;"\| 250mm \| style="text-align: center;"\| 042 {{convert\|42\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}

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List of lighthouses in Rhode Island

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