History/Info:
In 1875, the Lighthouse Board decided to build a lighthouse right on Fowey Rocks. The design included a sweeping, bell dome over the lantern, and a two-story dwelling with a near-Mansard-style roof.  The Fowey Rocks Lighthouse was completed and lighted on June 15, 1878.

The Fowey Rocks Lighthouse was automated in 1974, and a radio beacon tower which had been mounted on the dome in the 1950's was removed. In 1983, the magnificent first-order lens was removed and sent to the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation School in Yorktown, Virginia, where it remains on display today.

Source: Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation

Latitude/Longitude: 25°35'N 80°06'W

Directions: click here for overview map      click here for detail map

• Fowey Rocks sits about 7 miles off Key Biscayne. It's best seen by boat or air but you can get a very distant view from the beach at Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne. This is where the Cape Florida Lighthouse is.
   
• From Miami, take I-95 south to exit 1, following signs for Key Biscayne and Bill Baggs State Park.
• At the end of the ramp, go straight through the first set of lights, then take a left at the next set of lights.
• This road is SW 26th Rd which becomes SR 913, the Rickenbacker Causeway. There is a toll to get onto Key Biscayne via the Causeway, but no toll on the way back.
• Stay on the Rickenbacker Causeway for about 5.5 miles when the road becomes Crandon Blvd in the town of Key Biscayne.
• Follow Crandon for another 2.5 miles until you come to the Bill Baggs State Park. Pay the entrance fee to enter the park and follow the signs to the lighthouse.