Port Isabel Lighthouse
Port Isabel, Texas
Updated in April 2012
Name: Port Isabel Lighthouse / Point Isabel Lighthouse
Nearest City: Port Isabel, Texas
Location: 421 East Queen Isabella Blvd. Port Isabel TX 78578
Body of water: Laguna Madre & Gulf of Mexico
Style of lighthouse: Conical
Lens & Location:
Other Lens: 3rd Order Fresnel Lens is unknown
Lighthouse Website:
Owned by: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Managed by: City of Port Isabel
National Register of Historic Places: Since April 30, 1976
Texas State Historic Site: Yes
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: Port Isabel Lighthouse Cam
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Photographed it: March 15, 2005 / March 17, 2005
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Latitude: 26.077632 Longitude: -97.207588
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Nearest City: Port Isabel, Texas
Location: 421 East Queen Isabella Blvd. Port Isabel TX 78578
Body of water: Laguna Madre & Gulf of Mexico
Style of lighthouse: Conical
Lens & Location:
Other Lens: 3rd Order Fresnel Lens is unknown
Lighthouse Website:
Owned by: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Managed by: City of Port Isabel
National Register of Historic Places: Since April 30, 1976
Texas State Historic Site: Yes
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: Port Isabel Lighthouse Cam
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Other Lighthouse Information:
The Port Isabel lighthouse is located on the Lower Laguna Madre in Port Isabel, Texas. It's near the western end of the Queen Isabella Causeway and is the center of the Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historical Park. The lighthouse was fully restored in 2000. Also in 2000 a replica of the keeper’s house was built for the interpretive display and the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce. The lighthouse is the only one in Texas open for climbing. In fact, a number of couples have climbed the 75 winding stairs and 3 short ladders, to exchange wedding vows on top of the tower. It's right before you cross over the Queen Isabella Causeway Bridge to South Padre Island.The Lighthouse Hunters Experience:
We first saw this lighthouse on a cloudy day. Two days later after we finished photographing the lighthouses of Texas we decided to go back to the Port Isabel lighthouse. It was our last full day in Texas and we drove south to the light. We had hoped to see it with blue sky and sun but we got there as the sun was setting around 6:40 pm. The next morning we were on a flight back to New Jersey.Photographed it: March 15, 2005 / March 17, 2005
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Latitude: 26.077632 Longitude: -97.207588
For directions click Google Maps
Photo taken on March 17, 2005
Photo taken on March 17, 2005
Photo taken on March 15, 2005
Photo taken on March 15, 2005
Photo taken on March 15, 2005
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