Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel Island, Florida, is the perfect beach to enjoy the sunset or a great sunrise, take a beach w ...

That changed early Tuesday (Feb. 28) morning. Ahead of what was a spectacular sunrise on the eastern point of Sanibel, there was a relighting cermony for the famous and iconic lighthouse.

This is what Sanibel is,” she said. The lighthouse is a huge symbol for people on Sanibel Island. It lost a leg during Ian (and crews are still restoring that leg) but stood strong.

The Sanibel Island Lighthouse went dark on Sept. 28, 2022 when Hurricane Ian damage the structure. Five months later, the light was turned back on.

Reason No. 10 why we love Sanibel's Lighthouse Beach Park: It will be open again on June 15 There will no longer be a fence or materials and other debris from Hurricane Ian to threaten a safe ...

Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel island. Credit: WINK News Many in Southwest Florida are remembering the devastation while also marking progress one year after Hurricane Ian struck the area.

Reason No. 10 why we love Sanibel's Lighthouse Beach Park: It will be open again on June 15 There will no longer be a fence or materials and other debris from Hurricane Ian to threaten a safe ...

It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel. That was 138 years ago. But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the ...

The Sanibel Lighthouse got its missing leg back on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The leg was lost in Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022.© Andrew West/The News-Press ...

It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel. That was 138 years ago. But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the ...

The Sanibel Island Light is not out of danger yet, though. Lighthouse Digest Magazine shared photos of the lighthouse before and after Ian hit on Facebook. “KEEPERS HOUSES ARE NOW GONE.

The Sanibel Lighthouse is making its comeback. Five months to the day after Hurricane Ian nearly toppled the iconic Southwest Florida structure, a ceremony was held Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, at ...