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 39°21′58″N74°24′51″W / 39.36611°N 74.41417°W / 39.36611; -74.41417 1857Never1933Decorative167 ft (51 m)171 ft (52 m)
Barnegat Lighthouse OldBarneyLight.jpg Barnegat Light [2] 39°45′52″N74°06′22″W / 39.76434°N 74.10622°W / 39.76434; -74.10622 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)
38°59′11″N75°06′49″W / 38.9864°N 75.1135°W / 38.9864; -75.1135 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 38°55′58.8″N74°57′37.5″W / 38.933000°N 74.960417°W / 38.933000; -74.960417 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 40°23′54″N74°03′31″W / 40.3983°N 74.0587°W / 40.3983; -74.0587 1856Never1957
(Now a private house)
NoneUnknown55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Conover Beacon Conover Beacon November 2013.jpg Leonardo 40°25′17″N74°03′20″W / 40.4213°N 74.0556°W / 40.4213; -74.0556 185619411957NoneUnknown55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Cross Ledge Light Downe Township 39°12′14″N75°13′51″W / 39.2040°N 75.2307°W / 39.2040; -75.2307 1875Never1910
(Now ruins)
None58 ft (18 m)Unknown
East Point (Maurice River) Light Maurice River lighthouse, Heislerville, NJ - East Point Light.jpg Heislerville 39°11′45″N75°1′38″W / 39.19583°N 75.02722°W / 39.19583; -75.02722 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)
39°10′54″N75°16′06″W / 39.1816°N 75.2683°W / 39.1816; -75.2683 191019511953
(Destroyed)
None61 ft (19 m)Unknown
Finns Point Range Light Finns Point October 2013.jpg Pennsville Township 39°37′2″N75°32′3″W / 39.61722°N 75.53417°W / 39.61722; -75.53417 187719341950NoneUnknown115 ft (35 m)
Great Beds Light Greatbedslight.jpg South Amboy 40°29′12″N74°15′12″W / 40.48667°N 74.25333°W / 40.48667; -74.25333 18801945ActiveUnknown 62 ft (19 m)61 ft (19 m)
Hereford Inlet Light USCGHerefordinlet.JPG North Wildwood 39°0′24″N74°47′32″W / 39.00667°N 74.79222°W / 39.00667; -74.79222 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 39°09′35″N74°41′17″W / 39.15978°N 74.68807°W / 39.15978; -74.68807 1885Never1924
(Destroyed)
NoneUnknown36 ft (11 m)
Miah Maull Shoal Light MIAH MAUL SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NJ.jpg Downe Township 39°7′36″N75°12′35″W / 39.12667°N 75.20972°W / 39.12667; -75.20972 19131973Active500mm59 ft (18 m)46 ft (14 m)
Navesink Twin Lights Navesink.jpg Highlands 40°23′46.4″N73°59′8.8″W / 40.396222°N 73.985778°W / 40.396222; -73.985778 1828 (Former)
1862 (Current)
1949Active
(North tower)
UnknownUnknownUnknown
Robbins Reef Light Robbinsreef2003.jpg Bayonne 40°39′26.512″N74°3′55.277″W / 40.65736444°N 74.06535472°W / 40.65736444; -74.06535472 1839 (Former)
1883 (Current)
UnknownActive300mm56 ft (17 m)45 ft (14 m)
Romer Shoal Light Romer Shoal Light Station.jpg Lower New York Bay 40°30′46.823″N74°0′48.672″W / 40.51300639°N 74.01352000°W / 40.51300639; -74.01352000 1838 (Former)
1898 (Current)
1966Active190mm54 ft (16 m)54 feet (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light SH Light crop.jpg Middletown Township
(Sandy Hook)
40°27′42″N74°00′07″W / 40.46167°N 74.00194°W / 40.46167; -74.00194 17641941ActiveUnknown89 ft (27 m)103 ft (31 m)
Sea Girt Light Sea Girt Light - Sea Girt NJ.jpg Sea Girt 40°08′12″N74°01′39″W / 40.1367°N 74.0275°W / 40.1367; -74.0275 1896Never1955None60 ft (18 m)44 ft (13 m)
Ship John Shoal Light Ship john shoal light.JPG Delaware Bay
(Upper)
39°18′19″N75°22′36″W / 39.30528°N 75.37667°W / 39.30528; -75.37667 18771973ActiveVRB-2550 ft (15 m)46 ft (14 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light Tinicum Island Rear Range Light, Paulsboro, NJ.jpg Paulsboro 39°50′51″N75°14′23″W / 39.84750°N 75.23972°W / 39.84750; -75.23972 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 40°26′39″N74°8′10″W / 40.44417°N 74.13611°W / 40.44417; -74.13611 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.