List of lighthouses in New Jersey

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New Jersey as identified by the United States Coast Guard. [1]

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear first litAutomatedYear deactivatedCurrent LensFocal HeightTower Height
Absecon Light ABSECON 72 500.jpg Atlantic City 1857Never1933Decorative167 ft (51 m)171 ft (52 m)
Barnegat Lighthouse OldBarneyLight.jpg Barnegat Light [2] 1835 (Former)
1857 (Current)
1927Active
(Inactive: 1944–2009) [3]
VRB-25 163 ft (50 m)169 ft (52 m)
Brandywine Shoal Light BrandywineShoalLight.jpg Delaware Bay
(Lower)
1828 (Former)
1914 (Current)
1974ActiveUnknown60 ft (18 m)46 ft (14 m)
Cape May Light Cape May Lighthouse in Cape May, New Jersey, USA.jpg Cape May Point 1823 (Former)
1859 (Current)
1933Active
(Inactive: 1940–1945)
VRB-25160 ft (50 m)157 ft (48 m)

(165 ft (50 m) above sea level)

Chapel Hill Rear Range Light Leonardo 1856Never1957
(Now a private house)
NoneUnknown55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Conover Beacon Conover Beacon November 2013.jpg Leonardo 185619411957NoneUnknown55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Cross Ledge Light Downe Township 1875Never1910
(Now ruins)
None58 ft (18 m)Unknown
East Point (Maurice River) Light Maurice River lighthouse, Heislerville, NJ - East Point Light.jpg Heislerville 18491911Active
(Inactive: 1941–1980)
Fourth-order Fresnel 43 ft (13 m)40 ft (12.2 m)
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light Elbow of cross ledge light.JPG Delaware Bay
(Middle)
191019511953
(Destroyed)
None61 ft (19 m)Unknown
Finns Point Range Light Finns Point October 2013.jpg Pennsville Township 187719341950NoneUnknown115 ft (35 m)
Great Beds Light Greatbedslight.jpg South Amboy 18801945ActiveUnknown 62 ft (19 m)61 ft (19 m)
Hereford Inlet Light USCGHerefordinlet.JPG North Wildwood 18741986
(Relit)
Active
(Inactive: 1964–1986)
VRB-2556 ft (17 m)57 ft (17 m)
Ludlam's Beach Light Ludlam Beach Light foundation looking west.jpg Sea Isle City 1885Never1924
(Destroyed)
NoneUnknown36 ft (11 m)
Miah Maull Shoal Light MIAH MAUL SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NJ.jpg Downe Township 19131973Active500mm59 ft (18 m)46 ft (14 m)
Navesink Twin Lights Navesink.jpg Highlands 1828 (Former)
1862 (Current)
1949Active
(North tower)
UnknownUnknownUnknown
Robbins Reef Light Robbinsreef2003.jpg Bayonne 1839 (Former)
1883 (Current)
UnknownActive300mm56 ft (17 m)45 ft (14 m)
Romer Shoal Light Romer Shoal Light Station.jpg Lower New York Bay 1838 (Former)
1898 (Current)
1966Active190mm54 ft (16 m)54 feet (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light SH Light crop.jpg Middletown Township
(Sandy Hook)
17641941ActiveUnknown89 ft (27 m)103 ft (31 m)
Sea Girt Light Sea Girt Light - Sea Girt NJ.jpg Sea Girt 1896Never1955None60 ft (18 m)44 ft (13 m)
Ship John Shoal Light Ship john shoal light.JPG Delaware Bay
(Upper)
18771973ActiveVRB-2550 ft (15 m)46 ft (14 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light Tinicum Island Rear Range Light, Paulsboro, NJ.jpg Paulsboro 18801933Active DCB-24 112 ft (34 m)85 ft (26 m)
Tucker's Beach Light TuckertonSeaport.jpg Tuckerton N/A1848 (Original)
1980s (Replica)
Never1927
(Destroyed)
LED
(Non-navigational
replica)
UnknownUnknown
Waackaack Rear Range Light Keansburg 1856
(The last L.H.
was built in 1894)
Never1959
(Scrapped)
NoneUnknown96 ft (29 m) (first)

106 ft (32 m) (second)

References

  1. "Historic Light Station Information & Photography". United States Coast Guard . Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. "Barnegat Lighthouse | VisitNJ.org". visitnj.org. May 8, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. "NJDEP | Barnegat Lighthouse State Park | New Jersey State Park Service". nj.gov. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

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