Lighthouses of the National Wildlife Refuge System
By Bill O’Brian
For Americans who love lighthouses – and their numbers are legion – National Lighthouse Day on Sunday, August 7, is a chance to celebrate.
One good place to do that is on a national wildlife refuge. More than two dozen lighthouses stand today on or near national wildlife refuges, land units of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Visit these lighthouses and you can indulge your love for history and rugged beauty while you thrill to the sight of seabirds and other wildlife at the same time. Here are a few of the many refuge lights worth seeing:
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