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Light Hearted Podcast

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Light Hearted ep 294 – Christian Taber, “Be Your Own Navigator”

A chat with a young lighthouse aficionado who strives to help his fellow teens through his writing.

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Keeper's Log Journal

The Keeper's Log

A thread that binds the society

A subscription to The Keeper's Log journal, a 48-page, glossy quarterly is included with our Keeper Level, Beacon Level, Prism Level & Illumination Level of memberships. Each issue is historical in nature, usually featuring a famous American lighthouse as the cover story, followed by a human-interest article and, often, a foreign lighthouse story.

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USLHS Passport Program

Track your lighthouse visits

The Lighthouse Passport Program provides enthusiasts the opportunity to help preserve lighthouses as well as a wonderful way to keep a pictorial history of their lighthouse adventures. Small donations made by Passport holders generate thousands of dollars for lighthouse restoration and preservation projects.

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What's New

2024 Lighthouse Dance Off!
The contest is over for this year. You can vote for the winner during our "virtual telethon" on Sept. 7 - look under "events."

Lighthouse Tours

Old Cleveland Point Lighthouse
2025 Australia Tour
Apr 04, 2025 to Apr 26, 2025

This tour of Australia begins in Brisbane seeing Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo.  We head to Cairns seeing a few lighthouses on the way.  In Cairns we take a boat out to the Great Barrier Reef.  For those on the full tour we will board a plane to Darwin where we will fly by private airplane to see local lighthouses.  Our next stop will be Broome where we arrive by commercial flight.  While there we will see the Dinosaur Track left many years ago.  The next leg will be a long trip down the west coast and end at Perth seeing sights that people don't often see.

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Phare de Sainte Marie
2025 France South By Southwest
Jun 05, 2025 to Jun 21, 2025

Don't miss out on this tour around the south of France.  It starts in Marseille and ends in Paris seeing over 30 lighthouses along the way.  You will never forget the scenery or the culinary delights of French cooking.

Tour Leaders: Chris and Janet Brookes

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Punt de Teno Lighthouse
2025 Canary Islands
Nov 29, 2025 to Dec 12, 2025

Don't miss this chance to get away from the winter weather.  This is a wonderful sailing trip around the Canary islands.  The Windstar Cruise Line ship, THE WIND STAR, is a sleek 4 masted sailing yacht accommodating 148 guests with a crew of 101.  All state rooms will have ocean views. The boat offers 2 primary dining venues, a new pool, spa and hot tub.  You will touch foot in Spain and Portugal on this trip and see over 30 Lighthouses. Put this on your winter getaway list.

 

Tour Leaders: Chris and Janet Brookes

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Accommodations

You can spend the night at a number of lighthouses in the United States. Some lighthouses are now operated as a bed & breakfast, while others are run as a hostel or as a vacation rental. You can even serve as a keeper at some lighthouses, where you perform duties such as guiding tours and light maintenance during your stay. 

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Give the gift of Membership

There's no better gift for a lighthouse lover than a membership in the U.S. Lighthouse Society; Keeper Level and above includes a subscription to The Keeper's Log journal!