Mobile Middle Bay Lighthouse
Point Clear, Alabama
Updated in June 2018
Name: Mobile Middle Bay Lighthouse / Mobile Bay Lighthouse
Nearest City: Point Clear, Alabama
Location: In the middle of Mobile Bay
Body of water: Mobile Bay
Style of lighthouse: Hexagonal Screw-Pile
Lens & Location: 4th Order Fresnel Lens is in the Fort Morgan Museum
Other Lens: 155 mm (hazard warning) on top
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations: Alabama Lighthouse Association
Groups to join:
Owned by: Alabama Historical Commission
Managed by: Alabama Lighthouse Association
National Register of Historic Places: Since December 30, 1974
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Photographed it: March 24, 2004 / April 20, 2018
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Latitude: 30.4374 Longitude: -88.01145
For directions click Google Maps
Nearest City: Point Clear, Alabama
Location: In the middle of Mobile Bay
Body of water: Mobile Bay
Style of lighthouse: Hexagonal Screw-Pile
Lens & Location: 4th Order Fresnel Lens is in the Fort Morgan Museum
Other Lens: 155 mm (hazard warning) on top
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations: Alabama Lighthouse Association
Groups to join:
Owned by: Alabama Historical Commission
Managed by: Alabama Lighthouse Association
National Register of Historic Places: Since December 30, 1974
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Other Lighthouse Information:
The Mobile Bay lighthouse is the sister of the Hooper Straight lighthouse in Tangier Sound, Maryland. The foundation is iron screw pilings. The Alabama Lighthouse Association wanted to relocate the lighthouse to the mainland so it would be easier to take care of and be accessible to the public. The Alabama Historical Commission voted against the proposed move. Now each year $30,000 is spent on maintenance and restoration at its present location in the middle of Mobile Bay.The Lighthouse Hunters Experience:
In 2004 we chartered Captain Cindy Frank of Making Waves Charters. We boarded her 31 foot boat and left the dock at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, AL at 7:20 am. The lighthouse was 6 miles away and our boat trip took a total of 90 minutes. In 2018, while with the USLHS group, we were on the 72 foot wooden Schooner Joshua, an Alabama Tall Ship. Captain Carol Bramblett took the 40 of us to the Mobile Middle Bay lighthouse and back in two hours.Photographed it: March 24, 2004 / April 20, 2018
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Latitude: 30.4374 Longitude: -88.01145
For directions click Google Maps
Photo taken on April 20, 2018
Photo taken on March 24, 2004
Photo taken on April 20, 2018
Photo taken on April 20, 2018
Photo taken on March 24, 2004
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