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 39°21′58″N 74°24′51″W / 39.36611°N 74.41417°W / 39.36611; -74.41417 1857 Never 1933 Decorative 167 ft (51 m) 171 ft (52 m)
Barnegat Lighthouse Barnegat Light[2] 39°45′52″N 74°06′22″W / 39.76434°N 74.10622°W / 39.76434; -74.10622 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)
38°59′11″N 75°06′49″W / 38.9864°N 75.1135°W / 38.9864; -75.1135 1828 (Former)
1914 (Current)
1974 Active Unknown 060 60 ft (18 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Cape May Light Cape May Point 38°55′58.8″N 74°57′37.5″W / 38.933000°N 74.960417°W / 38.933000; -74.960417 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 40°23′54″N 74°03′31″W / 40.3983°N 74.0587°W / 40.3983; -74.0587 1856 Never 1957
(Now a private house)
None Unknown 55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Conover Beacon Leonardo 40°25′17″N 74°03′20″W / 40.4213°N 74.0556°W / 40.4213; -74.0556 1856 1941 1957 None Unknown 55 ft (orig.)

45 ft (current)

Cross Ledge Light Downe Township 39°12′14″N 75°13′51″W / 39.2040°N 75.2307°W / 39.2040; -75.2307 1875 Never 1910
(Now ruins)
None 058 58 ft (18 m) Unknown
East Point (Maurice River) Light Heislerville 39°11′45″N 75°1′38″W / 39.19583°N 75.02722°W / 39.19583; -75.02722 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)
39°10′54″N 75°16′06″W / 39.1816°N 75.2683°W / 39.1816; -75.2683 1910 1951 1953
(Destroyed)
None 061 61 ft (19 m) Unknown
Finns Point Range Light Pennsville Township 39°37′2″N 75°32′3″W / 39.61722°N 75.53417°W / 39.61722; -75.53417 1877 1934 1950 None Unknown 115 ft (35 m)
Great Beds Light South Amboy 40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W / 40.48667°N 74.25333°W / 40.48667; -74.25333 1880 1945 Active Unknown 057 62 ft (19 m) 61 ft (19 m)
Hereford Inlet Light North Wildwood 39°0′24″N 74°47′32″W / 39.00667°N 74.79222°W / 39.00667; -74.79222 1874 1986
(Relit)
Active
(Inactive: 1964-1986)
VRB-25 56 ft (17 m) 57 ft (17 m)
Ludlam's Beach Light Sea Isle City 39°09′35″N 74°41′17″W / 39.15978°N 74.68807°W / 39.15978; -74.68807 1885 Never 1924
(Destroyed)
None Unknown 36 ft (11 m)
Miah Maull Shoal Light Downe Township 39°7′36″N 75°12′35″W / 39.12667°N 75.20972°W / 39.12667; -75.20972 1913 1973 Active 500mm 059 59 ft (18 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Navesink Twin Lights Highlands 40°23′46.4″N 73°59′8.8″W / 40.396222°N 73.985778°W / 40.396222; -73.985778 1828 (Former)
1862 (Current)
1949 Active
(North tower)
Unknown Unknown Unknown
Robbins Reef Light Bayonne 40°39′26.512″N 74°3′55.277″W / 40.65736444°N 74.06535472°W / 40.65736444; -74.06535472 1839 (Former)
1883 (Current)
Unknown Active 300mm 056 56 ft (17 m) 45 ft (14 m)
Romer Shoal Light Lower New York Bay 40°30′46.823″N 74°0′48.672″W / 40.51300639°N 74.01352000°W / 40.51300639; -74.01352000 1838 (Former)
1898 (Current)
1966 Active 190mm 054 54 ft (16 m) 54 feet (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light Middletown Township
(Sandy Hook)
40°27′42″N 74°00′07″W / 40.46167°N 74.00194°W / 40.46167; -74.00194 1764 1941 Active Unknown 89 ft (27 m) 103 ft (31 m)
Sea Girt Light Sea Girt 40°08′12″N 74°01′39″W / 40.1367°N 74.0275°W / 40.1367; -74.0275 1896 Never 1955 None 060 60 ft (18 m) 44 ft (13 m)
Ship John Shoal Light Delaware Bay
(Upper)
39°18′19″N 75°22′36″W / 39.30528°N 75.37667°W / 39.30528; -75.37667 1877 1973 Active VRB-25 050 50 ft (15 m) 46 ft (14 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light Paulsboro 39°50′51″N 75°14′23″W / 39.84750°N 75.23972°W / 39.84750; -75.23972 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 40°26′39″N 74°8′10″W / 40.44417°N 74.13611°W / 40.44417; -74.13611 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

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  1. ^ "Historic Light Station Information & Photography". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Barnegat Lighthouse | VisitNJ.org". visitnj.org. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  3. ^ "NJDEP | Barnegat Lighthouse State Park | New Jersey State Park Service". nj.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-07.