U.S. Lighthouse Guide

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About this app

U.S. Lighthouse Guide is your offline companion to more than 800 lighthouses across the United States. Explore the coasts and the Great Lakes, dig into the history and details of each light, and keep a personal log of the ones you've visited. Now it also shows you the lights nearest to wherever you happen to be.

EXPLORE THE COAST
• Browse lighthouses state by state, each with photos and rich descriptions
• Detailed records: location, history, characteristics, and visitor info
• See where each lighthouse stands on the map
• Filter the map by state, or by the details you care about

FIND LIGHTHOUSES NEAR YOU
• See which ones are closest to you and how far away each is
• Choose how far to look — widen or narrow the search radius any time
• Recenter the map on where you are with one tap

LISTEN, HANDS-FREE
• Tap the speaker icon on any lighthouse page to have its history read aloud — pick your voice and speed in Settings
• Podcast-style mini-player: pause, resume, or skip back and ahead a sentence at a time
• Keeps reading while you browse other tabs or with your screen locked

KEEP YOUR LOG
• Log visits, favorites, and passport stamps
• Rate each one and add your own notes and visit dates
• Watch your progress grow state by state

BUILT FOR THE ROAD
• Works offline — lighthouse data, history, and main photos are bundled in the app (live maps and full photo galleries need a connection)
• Directions open in the navigation app you prefer
• No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking

Whether you're a lifelong "lighthouse bagger," chasing passport stamps, or just planning a coastal road trip, U.S. Lighthouse Guide helps you discover, find, and remember the beacons along the way.

Privacy policy: https://lighthousefriends.com/privacy-policy.html

Ratings and reviews

Great idea and very helpful. This is definitely not every lighthouse in the US but most of them. There are errors and I recommend as enthusiast find them they email the person in the response below so we can get everything as accurate as possible. I have the doctor to Star because of the false advertising in the app description that states it includes every US Lighthouse because it does not which is misleading especially because you have to pay for the app before you can find out it doesn't.

This is an awesome app so far (haven't used it while traveling yet but for research and adding lighthouses I've been to). One issue though: none of the pictures ever load on my app. I click to look at pictures and get a forever loading icon instead. I'm using a Galaxy S7 Edge on Verizon if that helps. It's running Android 8.0.0 and has all avaliable Verizon updates installed. The app itself is up to date.

My wife and I DON'T like that the app keeps asking permission to access all of our family google accounts! There is no need to access, and we keep denying it, but it keeps sending us requests! This is VERY intrusive and annoying! We live in a cyber world of data and identify theft and these apps can operate without needing your email accounts and access to your personal info. Very dissatisfied and disappointing!

What’s new

This release is built from your feedback:
• Nearby: Browse now opens with the lights within reach of where you are, in distance order, each showing how far away it is.
Set your own search radius. Your location never leaves your device.
• See yourself on the map: a new button recenters on your location and shows a live blue dot.
• Filter the map by state or region.
• Four lighthouses join the app — Hog Island (VA), Buzzards Bay Entrance (MA), Wawatam (MI) and the Lilac Lighthouse Tender (NY).