{"id":172,"date":"2026-09-09T18:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmoul.io\/?p=172"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:11:52","slug":"interactive-united-states-lighthouse-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmoul.io\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/interactive-united-states-lighthouse-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive United states Lighthouse Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently when I was doomscrolling on Reddit I came across a post<\/a> showing off an animated map of all the lighthouses in New England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to see still-image from the video (could not upload video)<\/em><\/summary>\n
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I figured it would be interesting to expand this idea out to the entire United States and make it interactive so users can zoom into specific regions\/light-houses and get descriptions with facts about each one (to the extent that there’s information online about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interactive map can be found at https:\/\/jmoul.io\/lighthouse-map<\/a> or embedded below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n

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Interesting Facts\/Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some fun and interesting data I was able to gather while researching and implementing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States with highest density of lighthouses (RI wins)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State<\/th>Mapped sites<\/th>Sites per 1,000 square miles of land<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Rhode Island<\/td>26<\/td>25.15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Delaware<\/td>16<\/td>8.21<\/td><\/tr>
Massachusetts<\/td>60<\/td>7.69<\/td><\/tr>
Connecticut<\/td>21<\/td>4.34<\/td><\/tr>
Maryland<\/td>32<\/td>3.30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n