Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne

Cape Florida Lighthouse located in the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne, FL
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A five photo panoramic image of the Cape Florida Lighthouse located in the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne, FL

 

A View of the Sea

Looking through one of the Cape Florida Lighthouse windows

Looking through a Cape Florida Lighthouse window
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Historic Cape Florida Lighthouse

Cape Florida Lighthouse standing 95 feet tall on the beach of Key Biscayne in Bill Baggs State Park

Constructed in 1825 and operated until until 1878, where it was replaced by the Fowey Rocks lighthouse
The lighthouse was reactivated in 1978 by the U.S. Coast Guard to mark the Florida Channel, the deepest natural channel into Biscayne Bay, but it decommissioned in 1990. It is owned and operated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Cape Florida Lighthouse standing 95 feet tall on the beach of Key Biscayne in Bill Baggs State Park
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