Lighthouses of Oklahoma

The U.S. state of Oklahoma lies near the center of the country, just north of Texas. The Coast Guard maintains aids to navigation on the Arkansas River waterway in the eastern part of Oklahoma, but those aids do not qualify as lighthouses. This page includes one private, modern lighthouse found on an Oklahoma lake.

Note: To be listed here, a lighthouse must actually serve as an aid to navigation. This means it must be located on a navigable lake or river and must be lit as a navigational aid at least during the local boating season.

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights.

Lighthouse
* East Wharf (Lake Hefner)
1999. Active; focal plane approx. 35 ft (11 m); red light, 2 s on, 2 s off. 40 ft (12 m) hexagonal concrete tower with lantern, painted pale yellow; lantern is dark red. Beau Wade's photo is at right, another good closeup is available, Lighthouse Digest has a September 2003 feature on the lighthouse, and Google has a satellite view. The lighthouse marks the entrance to the marina in a commercial development on Lake Hefner, on the north side of Oklahoma City. It was prefabricated and erected by a "tilt-up" technique, for which it won an award. Located on the eastern shore of the lake, just off Lake Hefner Parkway. Site open, tower closed. Owner/site manager: East Wharf Development. ARLHS USA-1236.
Lake Hefner Light
East Wharf Light, July 2006
Creative Commons photo
by Beau Wade

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Posted July 15, 2003. Checked and revised July 1, 2009. Lighthouses: 1. Site copyright 2009 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.