Category: Lighthouses

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – MORRIS ISLAND, CHARLESTON

  

  By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, we kept hearing about the charming town of Folly Beach a short drive south of Charleston proper. Photo: Pineapple Fountain, Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC A colorful little beach community with the second longest boardwalk on the eastern coast, the Folly Beach Pier juts…

  P. C. Zick

  July 22, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, Life in the United States, Lighthouses, Small Town, travel

  Atlantic Ocean, Charleston, Folly Beach, Lighthouses, southeastern coast, travel, United States

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – CEDAR KEY

  

  Perched atop one of the highest points on Florida’s west coast sits the state’s shortest lighthouse. The Cedar Keys Lighthouse, built in 1854, stands a mere 28-feet tall upon a 52-foot sand dune on Seahorse Key in the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge in the Big Bend area of Florida. I’ve visited Seahorse Key several…

  P. C. Zick

  June 3, 2025

  environment, Life in the United States, Lighthouses, Ramblings of a Writer, travel

  Big Bend, Cedar Key, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Florida lighthouses, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane of 1896, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Lt. George Meade, marine lab, Seahorse Key, shipping port, Suwannee River, University of Florida

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – ST. AUGUSTINE

  

  Whenever I mention the lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida, on Anastasia Island, I know immediately if that person has been there. Gasps of “Now that’s a climb” or some variation usually occur. The 209 steps appear daunting, and it can seem as if the winding spiral staircase is never going to end , but suddenly…

  P. C. Zick

  May 6, 2025

  Books by P. C. Zick, environment, historical fiction, Lighthouses, Ramblings of a Writer

  Florida lighthouses, lighthouse, Native Lands, Sir Francis Drake, Spanish arrival in Florida, St. Augustine, Timucuans