Biloxi Lighthouse
National Register Of Historic Places · Biloxi, Mississippi
A cast-iron tower of 1848 standing in the median of Highway 90 with four lanes of traffic either side, and the symbol Biloxi uses for itself. It was among the first cast-iron lighthouses in the South, it was kept by women for longer than any other lighthouse in the United States — Maria Younghans tended it for fifty-three years and her daughter Miranda succeeded her — and it stood through Hurricane Camille in 1969 and through Katrina in 2005, when the surge went more than twenty feet up it and took away almost everything around it. It is climbable, in the mornings, for a few dollars.
1050 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, Mississippi, 39530, United States
The lighthouse is visible and free at all times. CLIMBING TOURS RUN IN THE MORNING ONLY, generally within about an hour-long window on most days, weather permitting, with tickets sold at the Biloxi Visitors Center across Highway 90 for a few dollars — verify the day's time before planning around it. Tours are small and cancel in high wind or lightning.
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