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The mini lighthouse is located right next to a cornfield and a red and white barn. Weirdly interesting.
[Steven Reis, 08/18/2021]Landlocked Lighthouse:- Address:
- Elliot Rd, Bath, NC
- Directions:
- From Washington take Hwy 264 east, then Hwy 92. Drive five miles, then turn left onto Hwy 1339/Creek Rd. Drive two miles and the lighthouse will be on your left. If you cross the bridge into Bath you drove too far.
- Admission:
- Free
The base of the lighthouse was a gas station, built in 1938. The 110-foot-tall tower was added the following year. There are ten floors inside, and the builders may have wanted the lighthouse to become a novelty motel, but that never happened. The lighthouse worked as a real lighthouse for years, with a spiral staircase to the top and a bright neon beacon, but it gradually fell into disrepair and was abandoned. Nearing collapse, the lighthouse (and its surrounding RV park) were bought in 2010, and its restoration began in the summer of 2013.
[Roadsideamerica.com Team, 09/17/2013]Lighthouse In Landlocked Nebraska:- Address:
- 26545 US Hwy 6, Gretna, NE
- Directions:
- South side of US Hwy 6, between I-80 exits 426 and 432.
JoAnne Viviano from the Columbus Dispatch let us know that "Sam" the sailor mannequin -- which stood watch on Calvary Temple's oddball lighthouse -- was removed after the death of Reverend Lee Loretz, 87, in Sept. 2011. The church, with its 40- ft. tall lighthouse "prayer tower" and roof lettering proclaiming "Jesus is Lord" is for sale.
The landlocked lighthouse and mannequin were an eye-catching landmark along I-71, along with an American flag and sign: " Join us now in prayer for the troops, Pres. Bush and victory." According to JoAnne, "right now, the sailor is in a staircase beneath the lighthouse."
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 06/05/2012]Lighthouse of God Prayer Tower:- Address:
- Wetmore Rd, Columbus, OH
- Directions:
- I-71 exit 116. Turn east onto Morse Rd, then make an immediate right onto Glenmawr Ave. Drive south a quarter-mile, then turn right onto Wetmore Rd. The lighthouse is at the end of the block.
This landlocked lighthouse is a repurposed grain silo, sitting on Kernsville Rd. near Allentown, Pennsylvania. This lighthouse was built by someone on a farm that thought it would be cool to make one out of an unused grain silo! It's been there for years on Kernsville Road just east of PA SR 100.
[Julie Lubinsky, 08/16/2012]Silo Lighthouse:- Address:
- 7399 Kernsville Rd, Orefield, PA
- Directions:
- NW of Allentown, a half mile east of PA SR 100 on Kernsville Rd, north side. Private property - visible from street.
I felt a deep and spartan kinship with this lighthouse. I lay my hands against the peeling paint on a few of the weathered stones that comprise her, and felt a tear well up in the corner of my eye. I brushed the drop away with a finger and wiped it ceremoniously against the stones. I could not provide the ocean, save for that which comes from within; a small, salty solace from the corner of my eye.
[Amber Weimer, 03/27/2023]Landlocked Lighthouse:- Address:
- 1321 S. Providence Center Drive, Cedar City, UT
- Directions:
- I-15 exit 57. Turn west onto Cross Hollow Rd, then a quick left at the stoplight onto S. Providence Center Drive, then another quick left into the parking lot.
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