Managing Organization: Haig Point Community
Telephone:
800-992-3635
Website: http://www.navi-gator.com/haigpoint/ Email: haigpoint@navi-gator.com
Notes: This lighthouse is run as an inn for members of the Haig Point Community. It is not open to the general public. The light was reactivated as a private aid to navigation in 1987. Height of Focal Plane: 47 Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 14 seconds. Description of Tower: Square wooden tower on roof of keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings? Integral two-story wooden keeper's house. Date Established: 1873 Date Present Tower Built: 1873 Date Deactivated: 1934-1987 Optics: 1872: Fifth order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Private aid to navigation, inn. Open To Public? No. Directions: There are cruises that pass the Haig Point Lighthouse. For information call Adventure Cruises, Inc., at (843) 785-4558. The cruises leave from Shelter Cove Harbor on Hilton Head Island. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Nearby Lodging: Call 800-992-3635 for information about real estate at Haig Point.
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