A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common historical example was the fire beacon, for sending optical signals.

Beacon may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

  • Beacon (band), an American electronic music group
  • Beacons (festival), a British music festival
  • Beacon (Two Door Cinema Club album), 2012
  • Beacon (Susumu Hirasawa album), 2021
  • Beacons (EP), by I Like Trains, 2012
  • Beacons, a 2009 album by Ohbijou

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Beacon (character), the name of two fictional characters
  • Beacon (Scheer), an art installation in New York, U.S.
  • Beacon, a magazine published on the Isle of Wight by Total Sense Media

Businesses and organisations

Companies

  • Beacon, a retail fuel brand of Valero Energy
  • The Beacon, an online local news nonprofit in Kansas City.
  • Beacon Communications (publisher), a publisher of weekly newspapers in Rhode Island, U.S.
  • Beacon Communications Corporation, a defunct newspaper publisher in Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Beacon Pictures an American film production company, also known as "Beacon Communications, LLC"
  • Beacon Press, an American publisher
  • Beacon UK, a private provider of mental health services in England
  • Beacon Health Options a behavioral health company based in Boston, Massachusetts

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  • Beacon Status, a school designation in England
  • Beacon high schools in Beijing, a school designation in China
  • Beacon School (Stamford, Connecticut), U.S.
  • Beacon English School, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
  • New Beacon School, formerly The Beacon, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
  • The Beacon School, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
  • The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey, England
  • Beacon Academy, Crowborough, formerly Beacon Community College, Crowborough, East Sussex, England
  • Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England
  • The Beacon Academy, Biñan, Philippines
  • Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida, U.S.
  • Beacon College (Hong Kong)

Places

  • Beacon, Western Australia, Australia
  • Beacon, Devon, United Kingdom
  • Beacon (ward), Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Beacon, Iowa, U.S.
  • Beacon, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
  • Beacon, New York, U.S.
  • Beacon station
  • Beacon Mountain
  • Beacon Valley, Antarctica

Transportation and military

  • , a ship, later Empire Guernsey
  • , various ships of the Royal Navy
  • , various ships of the U.S. Navy

Other uses

  • Beacon (apple), a cultivar of apple
  • Beacon (streaming service), a boutique subscription streaming service by Critical Role Productions
  • Beacon Supergroup, a rock formation in Antarctica
  • Beacon-class gunvessel, 19th century British ships
  • Beacon, an Appro supercomputer
  • 'Beacon', a cultivar of barley
  • Beacon, an oscillator in Conway's Game of Life
  • Bluetooth Low Energy beacon, providing location to devices in its vicinity
  • Facebook Beacon, advertising software
  • Project Beacon, an early American space satellite program
  • Rotating beacon (disambiguation)
  • Valparaiso Beacons, the athletic program of Valparaiso University in Indiana
  • Web beacon, an Internet web tracking technique

See also

  • Bacon (disambiguation)
  • The Beacon (disambiguation)
  • Beacon Fell (disambiguation)
  • Beacon Hill (disambiguation)
  • Beacon Island (disambiguation)