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On Tybee Island, a barrier island off the Georgia coast, is one of the seven surviving Colonial era lighthouses.
It sits on the entrance to the Savannah River in the northeast of the island.
In 1732 the first lighthouse was erected here under the orders of General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th Colony. It was destroyed by a hurricane.
Over the years, two additional lighthouses were built, but one was seriously damaged due to soil erosion, and Confederate forces burned another during the American Civil War.
The tower as it stands today dates from 1871, and it and its support buildings stand on the five-acre site.
Visitors may climb the 178 stairs to the top of the Tybee Island Light Station, see the keepers cottage, and visit the lighthouse museum that is housed in the former Fort Screven, a military outpost of the Spanish Civil War.
30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island, GA 31328, Phone: 912-786-5801
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