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Hilton Head Rear Range Light
This is the only real Hilton Head Light. It is the Range (Rear) Leamington Light. Although both the lady at the condo units and the guide for the museum tour said that we could not get in to see it, we were able to visit it on our way out of Hilton Head by going to Palmetto Dunes and requesting a pass. I think there is an osprey or eagle nest on the top.
The existing tower is the historic light.:
* Year Light First Lit: 1880
* Is the Light Operational? NO
* Date Deactivated: 1932
* Foundation Materials: CONCRETE FOOTINGS
* Construction Materials: CAST IRON
* Markings/Patterns: WHITE
* Shape: SKELETAL PYRAMIDAL W/CENTRAL CYLINDER
* Tower Height: 94
* Present Optic: SODIUM VAPOR (DECORATIVE)
* Year Present Lens Installed: 1985
* Height of Focal Plane: 136
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO; RELOCATED TO HARBOR
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1892), CISTERNS
Current Use: RESORT ATTRACTION
Open to the Public? YES GROUNDS ONLY - BY APPOINTMENT
Access: ARTHUR HILL GOLF COURSE/PALMETTO DUNES RESORT
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #85003349
Name of Listing: REAR LIGHTHOUSE OF HILTON HEAD RANGE LT STAT.
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1980
Miscellaneous:
FRONT RANGE WAS DEMOLISHED; REAR RANGE RESTORED IN 1985 BY GREENWOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PARENT COMPANY OF PALMETTO DUNES
