An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids
This is an interactive map of US navigational aids and lighthouses, which indicates their location, color, characteristic and any remarks the Coast Guard has attached. I was sick at home with the flu this weekend, and went on a bit of a Wikipedia deep dive about active American lighthouses. Searching around a bit, it was very hard to find a single source or interactive map of active beacons, and a description of what the "characteristic" meant. The Coast Guard maintains a list of active lights though, that they publish annually…
An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids launched on January 25, 2026 with 102 votes, #333 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
An interactive map displaying active US lighthouses and navigational aids maintained by the Coast Guard. The tool shows each beacon's location, color, characteristic, and official remarks, with animated visualizations explaining what each light's characteristic means. Created to address the difficulty of finding a comprehensive source for this information, it pulls data from the Coast Guard's annual light list publication. This is intended for reference and exploration rather than actual navigation.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Interactive map of 59,000+ active US Coast Guard lighthouses and navigational aids. View light characteristics, flash patterns, ranges, and locations from the 2025 Light List.
This map shows active Coast Guard navigational beacons in the United States and parts of Canada, from the 2025 Light List. For informational purposes only. Must not be used as a navigational aid. Official USCG Light List This interactive map displays over 59,000 active US Coast Guard lighthouses, beacons, and navigational aids across the United States and parts of Canada. Data is sourced from the official 2025 USCG Light List. Features include: light characteristics and flash patterns (flashing, occulting, isophase, alternating), visibility ranges, structure descriptions, and official Coast Guard remarks. For official navigational use, please refer to the USCG Light List Annual Publicationfrom lighthouses.app
In the maker’s words, at launch
This is an interactive map of US navigational aids and lighthouses, which indicates their location, color, characteristic and any remarks the Coast Guard has attached. I was sick at home with the flu this weekend, and went on a bit of a Wikipedia deep dive about active American lighthouses. Searching around a bit, it…
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance2018 · oalley.net · ▲455The quickest and easiest territory mapping software that you ever used. Trusted by more than 1000 customers for data-driven decisions
A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences2025 · theretowhere.com · ▲321For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions: - Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about? - Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about? Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places. I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a…
Atlas – GIS and interactive maps in the browser2024 · atlas.co · ▲161Atlas is the AI-native GIS. Build maps, dashboards, and spatial workflows from a conversation — GIS-grade analysis, accessible to your whole team. Trusted by energy developers, asset managers, and field operations teams.
More life & fun this month
the category →
A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.
Life & fun · 4d ago · permit.petercai.com
- IV
Life & fun · 16d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org
Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.
Life & fun · 17d ago · bigwords.page
Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.
Life & fun · 10d ago · guitoro.com
Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.
Life & fun · 15d ago · carrierexplode.com
Life & fun · 24d ago · space.bl2.net
Source: Show HN post ↗ · launch text quoted in part
Launched alongside, January 2026
the whole month →- IN
Hey HN! I wanted to share something I built over the last few weeks: isometric.nyc is a massive isometric pixel art map of NYC, built with nano banana and coding agents. I didn't write a single line of code. Of course no-code doesn't mean no-engineering. This project took a lot more manual labor than I'd hoped! I wrote a deep dive on the workflow and some thoughts about the future of AI coding and creativity: http://cannoneyed.com/projects/isometric-nyc
AI · Jan 2026 · cannoneyed.com
Automatic AI-powered code reviews the moment you open a PR
Dev tools · Jan 2026 · kilo.ai
