About National Lighthouse Day

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Dates of National Lighthouse Day

2026 USA Friday, August 7thNational Lighthouse Day

2025 USA Thursday, August 7thNational Lighthouse Day

2024 USA Wednesday, August 7thNational Lighthouse Day

2023 USA Monday, August 7thNational Lighthouse Day

2022 USA Sunday, August 7thNational Lighthouse Day

Summary

Even in these days of GPS, Lighthouses play an important role in keeping shipping safe round our coast.

In 1989, on the 200th anniversary of having signed "An Act for the Establishment and Support of Lighthouse, Beacons, Buoys and Public Piers" into law, Congress decreed August 7 to be National Lighthouse Day.

The act established federal support for the nation’s lighthouses, beacons and piers.

Did You Know?

Michigan is the state with the highest number of lighthouses. Between the two peninsulas, Michigan has more than 3,280 miles of coastline — second only to Alaska with 6,640 miles of shoreline on the Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

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