WayfarrowWest Rigolets Light
Lighthouse · Orleans County, Louisiana
West Rigolets Light is a lighthouse in Orleans County, Louisiana. Louisiana has 22 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Orleans County.
It was deactivated in 1945.
Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: Built in 1855 (not 1854 as the record says) and out of service by about 1945. Hurricane Katrina destroyed it in 2005 and nothing of it remains. It stands at 30.1758° N, 89.7428° W.
Nearby places
- East Rigolets Lightlighthouse · Orleans County · 5.7 mi
- Logtownghost town · Hancock County · 10.4 mi
- Westoniaghost town · Hancock County · 12.9 mi
- Gainesvilleghost town · Hancock County · 13.6 mi
- Beppoghost town · Hancock County · 14.2 mi
- Forest Glenghost town · St. Tammany County · 17.2 mi
- Lake Borgne Lightlighthouse · Hancock County · 17.3 mi
- St. Joseph Island Lightlighthouse · Hancock County · 19.2 mi
- Nottghost town · St. Tammany County · 20.4 mi
- Milneberg Lighthouselighthouse · Orleans County · 21.5 mi
- Milneburgghost town · Orleans County · 21.7 mi
- Fazendevilleghost town · St. Bernard County · 22 mi
Questions
Where is West Rigolets Light?
West Rigolets Light is in Orleans County, Louisiana, at 30.1758, -89.7428.
How many lighthouses are in Orleans County?
Orleans County, Louisiana has 4 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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