St. David's lighthouse is located at the Southeast edge of the island of St. David in Bermuda. St. David is just across from St. George island where we are staying now. The lighthouse was built in 1879 and was put in operation that year as well. It was originally a kerosene light and is now lit with petroleum vapor. It has been in continuous use since it's opening. The lighthouse is 55 foot tall to the light. The light sits atop a hill which seems to be the highest point of St. David making the light itself at 208 feet above sea level.
As we approached Bermuda on the boat from the Southwest we could see the light of another lighthouse located further West on Bermuda called Gibb's Hill Lighthouse. We could see the light flashing every 10 seconds when we were 20-25 miles away, it was about 4 AM when we first saw the light so it was very dark at the time. When we actually entered the harbor in Bermuda we did not need the services of the St. David's Lighthouse because is was daylight. Plus we had GPS and charts.
