Seaway Trail Lighthouse List

More than 28 historic lighthouses line the Seaway Trail from west to east. An * asterisk marks those open to the public, call ahead for hours/days. A + sign marks lights offering overnight accommodations. For details on each light’s history and anecdotes, call 1-800-SEAWAY-T and ask about the Seaway Trail Lighthouses guidebook and video.

Seaway Trail Pennsylvania:

Land Lighthouse - 1818, 1867 Erie, PA
Presque Isle North Pier Light - 1857 Erie, PA
Presque Isle Light Station - 1872 Erie, PA

New York State’s Seaway Trail:

Barcelona Lighthouse - 1829 Barcelona
Historic Dunkirk Lighthouse* - 1826, 1875 Dunkirk museum
Buffalo Main Light* - 1818, 1833 Buffalo
Buffalo Intake Crib Light - Buffalo
North Breakwater South End Light - Buffalo aka “Bottle Light”
Horseshoe Reef Light - ruins Buffalo seen from Main Light
South Buffalo South Side Light - 1903 Buffalo seen from Route 5
Grand Island Light - Grand Island
Old Fort Niagara* - 1781, 1823, 1872 Youngstown illustrated below
Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse*+ - 1875 Barker at Golden Hill State Park
Braddock Point Lighthouse - 1896 Hilton
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse* - 1821, 1863 Rochester
Old Sodus Lighthouse* - 1825, 1870-71 Sodus Point museum, events
Oswego West Pier Light - 1822, 1836, 1934 Oswego
Selkirk Lighthouse+ - 1838 Port Ontario
Stony Point Lighthouse - 1830, 1869 Henderson Harbor
Galloo Island Lighthouse - 1820, 1867 Galloo Island
Horse Island Lighthouse - 1870 off Sackets Harbor
Tibbetts Point Lighthouse*+ - 1827, 1854 Cape Vincent museum
East Charity Shoal Lighthouse - 1929 off Cape Vincent
Rock Island Lighthouse* - 1847, 1882 off Fisher’s Landing
Sunken Rock Lighthouse - 1847 off Alexandria Bay
Sister’s Island Lighthouse - 1870 off Chippewa Bay
Crossover Island Lighthouse - 1848, 1882 off Chippewa Bay
Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse - 1834, 1900 Ogdensburg