Preserved Towers Along the Northern Coast

This map introduction offers a clear place-based guide to the surviving lighthouse towers, helping you move shoreline by shoreline through the structures that still define the coast.

Use this page to browse notable preserved towers by location and historical character, with practical context rather than booking-oriented listings.

Preserved towers guide

Browse towers by place and character

A quick place-based scan of preserved lights across the northern coast, with area, era, and defining notes for each tower.

Visit notes

How preservation status is recorded

In this guide, preserved means a tower or site retains documented historic fabric, even when condition differs from one location to another.

Access varies by stewardship, safety limits, and shoreline exposure. Some sites are open at set times, some are view-only, and others can be approached only from designated public routes.

Several entries survive in part because storms, erosion, wartime reuse, and later rebuilding changed the original structures over time. Partial remains are included to reflect the full coastal record.