Tag: Florida lighthouses

• 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

• The Lighthouses of the Forgotten Coast of Florida

  Florida’s Forgotten Coast – I almost hate writing about this section of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico coastline at the eastern start of the Panhandle. It is remote, beautiful, rural, and filled with small fishing villages that once thrived in the early days of Florida’s history. Along the Highway 98, Florida’s coastal scenic road,…

  P. C. Zick

  February 25, 2025

  travel

  Cap St. George Lighthouse, Cape San Blas, Cape San Blas Lighthouse, Carrabelle Florida, coastal scenic highway, Crooked River Lighthouse, Florida lighthouses, Florida’s Forgotten Coast, lighthouse, Port St. Joe, St. George Island, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

• Lighthouse Passion

  A dark and stormy night out on the seas with waves crashing the sides of the ship and cargo and crew slipping from port to starboard through the tumultuous waters threatened many a sailor and passenger with burial at sea as the ship neared shore and unknown dangers of a rocky coast and shallow sandbars…

  P. C. Zick

  February 18, 2025

  travel

  Atlantic Coast, Big Bend, Florida lighthouses, Florida Panhandle, Florida’s Forgotten Coast, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, keeper’s quarters, lighthouse, Michigan lighthouses, Montauk Point, navigational guides, sea travel