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An interactive map of US lighthouses

Every US lighthouse and navigational aid on one explorable map.

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  • HN submitter idd2 Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 25 Jan 2026

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An interactive map of more than 59,000 active US Coast Guard lighthouses and navigational aids, with their light patterns animated. The author built it while off sick with flu after a Wikipedia deep dive, because nothing like it existed.

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  • Hacker News: Show HN: An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aidsBlog or write-uplighthouses.app

    The map.

  • Hacker News discussion (102 points)Forum threadnews.ycombinator.com
    HN submitter: idd2Posted 25 Jan 2026

    The Show HN post.

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