Location wise, Castle Island is a small island off of the much larger and better known (and more easily findable) Acklins, also an island of the Bahamas. Confused?
To locate it more accurately, click right here.
To make things slightly confusing, there is also a Castle Island Lighthouse in Freeport, Bahamas. Or at least there's one according to Google Maps. I'm not actually sure there is a lighthouse there, but there is a castle, called Cooper's Castle, which is both an occupied home and a tourist attraction, because it is a big, recently-built home that looks like a castle.
But that is not the subject of this post; the lighthouse on the little island is the subject.
Here's what the remarkable Lighthouse Directory tells us about it:
"1868. Active; focal plane 40 m (131 ft); two white flashes every 20 s. 34 m (112 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; 1st order Fresnel lens (1934)."
Wow, a first order Fresnel lens! The Directory also informs that it might be endangered (i.e., not maintained well), and it that is used to have red stripes.
Since Acklins is one of the lesser Bahamian islands, there aren't a lot of pictures here, so it might be a nice place to get away to.
I also found a 3+ minute video, so enjoy your trip.
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