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Name: Haig Point Rear Range Light  

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Also known as: Haig Point Light

Nearest Town or City:
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States

Location: Daufuskie Island, Caliboque Sound.


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Photo: Mike Unruh

Managing Organization:
Haig Point Community

Telephone: 800-992-3635

Website: http://www.navi-gator.com/haigpoint/
Email: haigpoint@navi-gator.com

Notes:
This lighthouse is run as an inn for members of the Haig Point Community. It is not open to the general public. The light was reactivated as a private aid to navigation in 1987.

Height of Focal Plane: 47

Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 14 seconds.

Description of Tower: Square wooden tower on roof of keeper's dwelling.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
Integral two-story wooden keeper's house.

Date Established: 1873

Date Present Tower Built: 1873

Date Deactivated: 1934-1987

Optics: 1872: Fifth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Private aid to navigation, inn.

Open To Public? No.

Directions:
There are cruises that pass the Haig Point Lighthouse. For information call Adventure Cruises, Inc., at (843) 785-4558. The cruises leave from Shelter Cove Harbor on Hilton Head Island.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Nearby Lodging: Call 800-992-3635 for information about real estate at Haig Point.


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