List of lighthouses in New Jersey

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

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Tower Height
Absecon Light Atlantic City 1857 Never 1933 Decorative 167 ft (51 m) 171 ft (52 m)
Barnegat Lighthouse Barnegat Light[2] 1835 (Former)
1857 (Current) 		1927 Active
(Inactive: 1944–2009)[3] 		VRB-25 163 163 ft (50 m) 169 ft (52 m)
Brandywine Shoal Light Delaware Bay
(Lower) 		1828 (Former)
1914 (Current) 		1974 Active Unknown 060 60 ft (18 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Cape May Light Cape May Point 1823 (Former)
1859 (Current) 		1933 Active
(Inactive: 1940–1945) 		VRB-25 160 ft (50 m) 157 ft (48 m)

(165 ft (50 m) above sea level)

Chapel Hill Rear Range Light Leonardo 1856 Never 1957
(Now a private house) 		None Unknown 55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Conover Beacon Leonardo 1856 1941 1957 None Unknown 55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Cross Ledge Light Downe Township 1875 Never 1910
(Now ruins) 		None 058 58 ft (18 m) Unknown
East Point (Maurice River) Light Heislerville 1849 1911 Active
(Inactive: 1941–1980) 		Fourth-order Fresnel 43 ft (13 m) 40 ft (12.2 m)
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light Delaware Bay
(Middle) 		1910 1951 1953
(Destroyed) 		None 061 61 ft (19 m) Unknown
Finns Point Range Light Pennsville Township 1877 1934 1950 None Unknown 115 ft (35 m)
Great Beds Light South Amboy 1880 1945 Active Unknown 057 62 ft (19 m) 61 ft (19 m)
Hereford Inlet Light North Wildwood 1874 1986
(Relit) 		Active
(Inactive: 1964–1986) 		VRB-25 56 ft (17 m) 57 ft (17 m)
Ludlam's Beach Light Sea Isle City 1885 Never 1924
(Destroyed) 		None Unknown 36 ft (11 m)
Miah Maull Shoal Light Downe Township 1913 1973 Active 500mm 059 59 ft (18 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Navesink Twin Lights Highlands 1828 (Former)
1862 (Current) 		1949 Active
(North tower) 		Unknown Unknown Unknown
Robbins Reef Light Bayonne 1839 (Former)
1883 (Current) 		Unknown Active 300mm 056 56 ft (17 m) 45 ft (14 m)
Romer Shoal Light Lower New York Bay 1838 (Former)
1898 (Current) 		1966 Active 190mm 054 54 ft (16 m) 54 feet (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light Middletown Township
(Sandy Hook) 		1764 1941 Active Unknown 89 ft (27 m) 103 ft (31 m)
Sea Girt Light Sea Girt 1896 Never 1955 None 060 60 ft (18 m) 44 ft (13 m)
Ship John Shoal Light Delaware Bay
(Upper) 		1877 1973 Active VRB-25 050 50 ft (15 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light Paulsboro 1880 1933 Active DCB-24 112 ft (34 m) 85 ft (26 m)
Tucker's Beach Light Tuckerton N/A 1848 (Original)
1980s (Replica) 		Never 1927
(Destroyed) 		LED
(Non-navigational
replica) 		Unknown Unknown
Waackaack Rear Range Light Keansburg 1856
(The last L.H.
was built in 1894) 		Never 1959
(Scrapped) 		None Unknown 96 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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