Visit the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum, home of the oldest and tallest lighthouse in Georgia.

The Tybee Island Light is a lighthouse located on the north end of Tybee Island, Georgia. It overlooks the Savannah River at the point where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1736, the Tybee Lighthouse has been guiding mariners safe entrance into the Savannah River for over 270 years.

Tybee Island’s Lighthouse is the oldest and tallest lighthouse in Georgia. In fact, it’s one of the most intact historic lighthouses remaining in America to this day.

The Tybee Island Light Station, built in 1773, is Georgia's oldest and tallest lighthouse, and one of America's most complete historic light stations. For more than 270 years, the Tybee Lighthouse has …

It is Georgia's oldest and tallest active lighthouse (1733-1867) and one of America's most complete light stations. The museum depicts Tybee Island's history from Native American settlement to World War II.

At the heart of the island’s rich past stands the Tybee Island Light Station and Museum, one of the oldest and most complete lighthouses in America. Combine that with a visit to Fort Pulaski National …

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With a history that dates back to its ordering and conception in 1732, the Tybee Island Lighthouse is a complete light station that stands 145 feet tall and has three Light Keeper's Cottages close by.

In 1861, during the War Between the States, Confederate forces abandoned Tybee Island for the safer confines of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, roughly two miles upriver. Before retreating, the troops …