Kaumalapau Lighthouse
LOCATION: Kaumalapau Harbor, West Shore of Lanai
ESTABLISHED: 1925
CLASS OF LIGHT: Fl W 4s.
FOCAL HEIGHT: 68 feet (21 meters)
USCG NUMBER: 28555
ADMIALTY NUMBER: G7318
RANGE: 5 nautical miles
COORDINATES: 20°46′59.1″N 156°59′29.5″W
COORDINATES: Latitude: 20.7833 | Longitude: -156.99162
To transport the harvest from the island, the bight at the mouth of
Kaumalapau Gulch was converted into a small harbor by constructing
a breakwater on the north side of this small indentation along
Lanai's southwest shore. The island's first navigational light
was established at the end of the breakwater in 1924, and the following
year, the Bureau of Lighthouses assumed control for this beacon and
established a second light on the south side of the entrance to
Kaumalapau Harbor. This second light was originally a beacon mounted
atop a small wooden building but has since been replaced with a metal
pole, daymark placard, and a solar powered light.
Kaumalapau Harbor on the western coast of Lanai.
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Lighthouse Friends "Kaumalapau Light" Article
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USLHS "Kaumalapau Light" Resources
Manele Bay Lighthouse
WITHIN: Manele Small Boat Harbor
LOCATION: Manele Bay, South Shore of Lanai Island
OWNER: United States Coast Guard
ESTABLISHED: Unknown
CLASS OF LIGHT: Unknown
FOCAL HEIGHT: Unknown
USCG NUMBER: Unknown
ADMIALTY NUMBER: Unknown
RANGE: Unknown
COORDINATES: Latitude: 20.7417 | Longitude: -156.8866
In 1965 a breakwater was constructed in Manele Bay to form a small harbor.
At the outer end of the breakwater, a beacon mounted atop a pole anchored
in a ten-foot-high white house served as an entrance light. Today,
a cement base supports a pole light that serves pleasure craft and the
ferry that runs between Lanai and Maui.
Located at the end of the breakwater in the harbor at Manele Bay.
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Lighthouse Friends "Manele Bay Light" Article
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USLHS "Manele Bay Light" Resources
McGregor Point Lighthouse
OWNER: United States Coast Guard
LOCATION: Southwest of Maalaea Harbor, South Shore of lanai Island
ESTABLISHED: Unknown
CLASS OF LIGHT: Unknown
FOCAL HEIGHT: Unknown
USCG NUMBER: Unknown
ADMIALTY NUMBER: Unknown
RANGE: Unknown
COORDINATES: Latitude: 20.7767 | Longitude: -156.5233
PLAQUE ON A BOULDER NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE:
"This monument commemorates the arrival of the Norwegian barque Beta
which dropped anchor near this spot on February 18, 1881, and of her
sister ship Musca, which arrived in Honolulu May 13, 1881. They brought
more than six hundred Norwegians, Swedes and Danes to work in the sugar
cane fields and mills of the Hawaiian Kingdom - the first and only
mass migration of Scandinavians to these islands. For their
contribution to the life of this land, as well as those of their
countrymen who proceeded or followed, our mahalo and aloha."
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Lighthouse Friends "McGregor Point Light" Article
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USLHS "McGregor Point Light" Photos
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USLHS "McGregor Point Light" Characteristics
Palaoa Point Lighthouse
ALSO KNOWN AS: Cape Ka'ea Light and Kaunolu Lighthouse
LOCATION: Near the Kaunolo Village Archaeological Site
ESTABLISHED: 1934
CLASS OF LIGHT: FL WR 6S.
FOCAL HEIGHT: 91 feet (28 METERS)
USCG NUMBER: 28554
ADMIALTY NUMBER: G7314
WHITE RANGE: 7 nautical mile
RED RANGE: 5 nautical miles
COORDINATES: 20°43′56.5″N 156°57′53.6″W
Also known as the Cape Kaea Light.
Displayed for the first time on June 6, 1934.
Consisting of an automated beacon positioned atop a wooden skeletal tower,
the light was one of eleven acetylene-powered lights built in the islands
during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The flashing white light with a
period of six seconds has a focal plane of ninety-one feet above the
water and has a red sector to mark rocks to the southeast off Manele
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Lighthouse Friends "Palaoa Point Light" Article
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USLHS "Palaoa Point Light" Characteristics
Pohakuloa Point Lighthouse
OWNER: United States Coast Guard
LOCATION: North Shore of Lanai
ESTABLISHED: Unknown
CLASS OF LIGHT: Unknown
FOCAL HEIGHT: Unknown
USCG NUMBER: Unknown
ADMIALTY NUMBER: Unknown
RANGE: Unknown
COORDINATES: Latitude: 20.92907 | Longitude: -156.98768
A metal pole light was installed in 1968 at Pohakuloa Point,
the northern-most point of land on Lanai Island.
Note that while there is a building foundation
along the trail to the shipwreck off Shipwreck Beach
that is common identified as "lighthouse ruins", it is not clear that
these are the ruins of a lighthouse that was actually built.
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Lighthouse Friends "Pohakuloa Point Light" Article
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USLHS "Pohakuloa Point Light" Resources
Resources
Hawaii Lighthouse Resources
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IPFS "Lighthouses in Hawaii" List
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Lighthouse Friends "Hawaii Lighthouses" Article
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Wikipedia "Lighthouses in Hawaii" List
General Hawaii Lighthouse Resources
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Light List: Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands 2018 (PDF)
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United States Lighthouse Society - Lighthouse Resources
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Lighthouse Digest Magazine
Visitor Attractions on Lanai Island
Lanai Island Travel Guide
Visitor Destinations in Hawaii
Hawaii for Visitors
