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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] Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit
Barnegat Lighthouse is the subject of Keeper of the Tower, [11] a suspense fiction novel by Barnegat resident Brett Scott Ermilio. The novel takes place circa 1919. The lighthouse is depicted on New Jersey's "Shore Conservation" license plates and on the 1996–1997 Federal Duck Stamp.
The north tower light was discontinued in 1898; at the same time the south tower was electrified, one of the first lighthouses in the United States to do so. It was automated in 1949, but was discontinued in 1952 as the importance of the light diminished. In 1962, the site was turned over to the state of New Jersey, by the Borough of Highlands. [8]
The Absecon Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located in the north end of Atlantic City, New Jersey, overlooking Absecon Inlet.At 171 feet (52 m) it is the tallest lighthouse in the state of New Jersey and the third-tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States.
Today, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse operates as a fully operating lighthouse and museum. It operates under the City of North Wildwood and the city's North Wildwood Historical Commission. The lighthouse is listed on both the National and State Registers of Historic Places as of 1977 [4] and it is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail. It is ...
The East Point Light, known as the Maurice River Light before 1913, is a lighthouse located in Heislerville, New Jersey on the Delaware Bay at the mouth of the Maurice River in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. The lighthouse was built in 1849 and is the second oldest in New Jersey, with only the Sandy Hook ...
The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in Lower Township's Cape May Point State Park.It was built in 1859 under the supervision of U.S. Army engineer William F. Raynolds, was automated in 1946, and continues operation to this day.
Barnegat Light is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 640, [9] an increase of 66 (+11.5%) from the 2010 census count of 574, [18] [19] which in turn reflected a decline of 190 (−24.9%) from the 764 counted in the 2000 census. [20]