Famous U.S. Lighthouses By Picture - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
You might be surprised, but you don't need a hint.	Statue Of Liberty	89%
Perhaps the most widely recognized lighthouse in the world. ...if you don't count the last one in the quiz.	Portland Head Light, Maine	83%
The lightkeepers escaped with everyone else in 1963.	Alcatraz, San Francisco	78%
At 210 feet, the U.S.A.'s tallest lighthouse was famously moved 2,900 feet in 1999.	Cape Hatteras, North Carolina	67%
	Cape Canaveral	56%
The station is the oldest in U.S., but the new tower only dates to 1783.	Boston Light	50%
	Split Rock, Minnesota	50%
The Spanish possibly had a nearby light station, now underwater, as early as the 1500s.	St. Augustine, Florida	50%
Easternmost U.S. point	West Quoddy Head, Maine	50%
	Cape Lookout, North Carolina	44%
Outside the Thames River	New London Ledge, Connecticut	44%
	Jupiter Inlet, Florida	39%
Several miles from shore in Lake Michigan	White Shoal, Michigan	39%
	Cape Neddick (Nubble Light), Maine	33%
Millions ride over it every year without seeing it.	Little Red Lighthouse, New York City	33%
Oldest light tower in the U.S.	Sandy Hook, New Jersey	33%
	Sapelo Island, Georgia	33%
	Seven Foot Knoll, Baltimore	33%
	Thatcher Island (Cape Ann), Massachusetts	33%
	Chicago Harbor	28%
1,000s of miles from Dutch Harbor	Holland Harbor, Michigan	28%
	Los Angeles Harbor	28%
	Pemaquid Point, Maine	28%
	Point Loma, San Diego	28%
This light bid farewell to 7 castaways the day President Kennedy was shot.	Aloha Tower, Honolulu	22%
	Block Island Southeast, Rhode Island	22%
	Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida	22%
Maintained in a state of faux "arrested decay".	Grand Island East, Michigan	22%
Only marble lighthouse in the U.S.	Livingstone Memorial, Detroit	22%
On a bluff with sweeping views of a vast natural harbor	Navesink Twin Lights, New Jersey	22%
	Point Bonita, San Francisco harbor	22%
	Toledo Harbor, Ohio	22%
	Absecon, Atlantic City	17%
	South Haven, Michigan	17%
	Welfare Island (Blackwell), New York City	17%
	Fort Sumter Range Lights / St. Philip's Church, Charleston, South Carolina	11%
Small rock 15 miles from the nearest island and 25 miles from the mainland, rising abruptly from 600-ft deep water. Buildings occasionally wash away.	Mount Desert Rock, Maine	11%
	Point Reyes, California	11%
	Tillamook Rock, Oregon	11%
	Eldred Rock, Alaska	6%
Largest lighthouse lens in the U.S.	Makapu'u, Hawai'i	6%
Nominal island home of Coast Guard admirals.	Yerba Buena, San Francisco	6%