The collection
Lights of the American coast.
Harbors, sounds and passes from Maine to Hawaiʻi, each drawn from the current NOAA chart and framed as it would hang. Every light glows in its true color and flashes its true rhythm. Hover to see a chart by night; open one to explore its lights.
New England
Boston Harbor
Boston Light & the Harbor Islands
Boston LightFl 10s
Pacific & Hawaii
San Francisco Bay
The Golden Gate & Alcatraz
Alcatraz LightFl 5s
Southeast & Keys
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter & Sullivan's Island
Charleston LightFl (2) 30s
New England
Long Island Sound
Watch Hill to New Haven Harbor · NOAA chart 12372
Watch Hill LightAl RW 5s
Mid-Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake Bay entrance · Cape Henry
Cape Henry LightMo (U) 20s
Gulf Coast
San Carlos Bay
Sanibel Island & Fort Myers
Sanibel Island LightFl (2) 6s
Pacific & Hawaii
Elliott Bay & Puget Sound
Seattle · West Point & Alki Point
West Point LightAl Fl WR 10s
Mid-Atlantic
New York Harbor
The Narrows, Upper & Lower Bay
Romer Shoal LightFl (2) 15s
Great Lakes
Chicago Lakefront
Chicago Harbor & the Four-Mile Crib
Chicago Harbor LightFl R 5s
Gulf Coast
Boca Grande Pass
Gasparilla Island
Port Boca Grande LightOc 4s
New England
Woods Hole & Vineyard Haven
Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
West Chop LightOc 4s
Pacific & Hawaii
Honolulu & Diamond Head
Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
Diamond Head LightOc (2) R 10s
Southeast & Keys
St. Augustine Inlet
Matanzas River & Anastasia Island
Saint Augustine LightFFl 30s
Pacific & Hawaii
Columbia River Bar
Cape Disappointment & Astoria
Cape Disappointment LightAl Fl WR 30s
Gulf Coast
Tampa Bay
Egmont Key to St. Petersburg
Egmont Key LightFl 15s
New England
Nantucket Harbor
Brant Point, Nantucket
Brant Point LightOc R 4s
Pacific & Hawaii
San Diego Bay
Point Loma & Coronado
Point Loma LightFl 15s
New England
Penobscot Bay
Rockland, Camden & the Fox Islands
Curtis Island LightOc G 4s
Southeast & Keys
Key West
Main Ship Channel & Fleming Key
Key West Main Channel Range Rear LightIso G 6s
Gulf Coast
Charlotte Harbor
Port Charlotte to Boca Grande
Port Boca Grande LightOc 4s
Great Lakes
Straits of Mackinac
Mackinac Island & the Mackinac Bridge
Old Round Island Point LightFl (2) 10s
New England
Newport & Narragansett Bay
Castle Hill & Beavertail, Rhode Island
Castle Hill LightIso R 6s
Gulf Coast
Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan to the Port of Mobile
Theodore Ship Channel Junction Light TFl (2+1) G 6s
Gulf Coast
Pine Island Sound
Captiva & Pine Island
Pine Island Sound Light 54Fl R 4s
Gulf Coast
Naples Bay
Gordon Pass, Naples
Naples Bay Channel Light 40Fl R 4s
Mid-Atlantic
Annapolis & the Severn River
Annapolis Harbor & Thomas Point, Maryland
Thomas Point Shoal LightFl R 5s
Great Lakes
Duluth–Superior Harbor
The twin ports, Minnesota & Wisconsin
Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Inner LightFl 5s
Gulf Coast
Galveston Bay Entrance
Bolivar Roads & Galveston, Texas
Galveston North Jetty Light 6AIso R 6s
Alaska
Juneau & Gastineau Channel
Juneau & Douglas Island, Alaska
Juneau Isle LightFl 2.5s
Southeast & Keys
Beaufort & Cape Lookout
Beaufort Inlet & Core Sound, North Carolina
Cape Lookout LightFl 15s
Pacific & Hawaii
San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor & the island passages, Washington
Lime Kiln LightFl 10s
Caribbean
San Juan Harbor
Old San Juan & the bay, Puerto Rico
Puerto San Juan LightFl (3) 40s
Great Lakes
Western Lake Erie Islands
Put-in-Bay, Kelleys Island & Marblehead, Ohio
Marblehead LightFl G 6s
Southeast & Keys
Savannah & Tybee Island
Savannah River approaches, Georgia
Tybee Range Rear LightF
Great Lakes
Northern Door County
Death's Door & Washington Island, Wisconsin
Pilot Island LightFl (2) 6s
New England
Portland & Casco Bay
Portland Harbor & the inner islands, Maine
Spring Point Ledge LightFl 6s
Gulf Coast
Pensacola Bay
Pensacola Pass & the waterfront, Florida
Pensacola LightFl 20s
The language of lights
Every light keeps its own time.
No two neighboring lights share a rhythm, so a sailor can tell one from another in the dark. Each chart in the collection plays them exactly as NOAA publishes them. Choose a rhythm to see where it shines.
Your own waters
Don’t see your harbor? Draw it.
Any stretch of charted American water, framed and lit exactly as you choose.