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Managing Organization:
Haig Point Community
Telephone: 800-992-3635
Website: http://www.navi-gator.com/haigpoint/
Email:
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 wood tower on roof of keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral two-story wood 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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