What to know and which ones to visit The lighthouse museum is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the summer. On select days, guests can climb the 49-step spiral staircase and 7-foot ladder ...

A central spiral stairway with 132 steps ... but was repaired. The Rawley Point Lighthouse was staffed until 1979, when the station became fully automated. The rotating white beacon light ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The catered sunset dinners on top of the lighthouse are becoming very ... but also warn that the spiral staircase is very narrow and not for the claustrophobic.

If you can fend off the claustrophobia and don't mind heights, the climb up the tiny and constricting 88 spiral steps to the top of the Key West Lighthouse is worth it for the views, say recent ...