• A beacon is traditionally a fire lit on a hill to attract attention, for example as a warning.
• The word is also used now to refer to Radio beacons.
• An Aerodrome beacon is a lighting device which indicates the location of a civilian airport.
• An Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), also called Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) or Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), is a small radio transmitter that some satellites and search and rescue aircraft can use to locate people, boats and aircraft needing rescue.
• A web beacon is used to track a user's visit of web pages.
• 'Beacon' is an apple cultivar.

Places named Beacon

Beacon Hills

There are a number of places in the world named Beacon Hill, either because they were historical sites of beacons, or named after other places called Beacon Hill. For a list, see Beacon Hill.

Other places named Beacon

Beacon is the name of some places in Canada:

• Beacon Corner, Alberta
• Beaconia, Manitoba
• Beacon Heights, Ontario
• Beacon Hill North, Ontario
• Beacon Hill South, Ontario
• Beaconwood, Ontario
• Border Beacon, Quebec
• Le Beacon, Quebec
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
• Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan

Beacon is the name of some places in the UK, including:

• The Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales
• Barr Beacon
• Beacon, Devon
• Beacon End, Essex
• Beacon Hill, Buckinghamshire
• Beacon Hill, Kent
• The Beacon Way
• Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Beacon is the name (or part of the name) of some places in the United States of America:

• Beacon, New York
• Beacon Mountain, next to Beacon, New York
• Beacon Falls, Connecticut

Beacon is the name (or part of the name) of some places in Antarctica:

• Beacon Valley is the location of the oldest ice in the world, at about 4 million years.

Companies named Beacon

Beacon is also a brand name for a chain of gas stations owned by the Valero Energy Corporation.

Beacon Communications is the name of an American film production company. Their biggest hits include Air Force One, Bring It On and Ladder 49.

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