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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in New Jersey

 

The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.

 

Absecon Light (1857)

Location: Originally Absecon Beach

 

Barnegat Light (1857)

Location: North end of Long Beach Island

 

Brandywine Shoal Light (1914)

Location: Delaware Bay

 

Cape May Light (1859)

Location: Delaware Bay entrance

 

Chapel Hill Range Rear Light (1856)

Location: Sandy Hook Bay/New York Harbor

 

Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Front Range) (1941)

Location: Sandy Hook Bay/New York Harbor

 

East Point (Maurice River) Light (1849)

Location: Maurice River/Delaware Bay

 

Finns Point Range Rear Light (1877)

Location: Delaware River

 

Great Beds Light (1880)

Location: Raritan River

 

Hereford Inlet Light (Old) (1874)

Location: Hereford Inlet entrance

 

Miah Maull Shoal Light (1913)

Location: North end of shoal/Delaware Bay

 

Navesink Twin Lights (1862)

Location: Lower New York Bay

 

Robbins Reef Light (1883)

Location: West side of main channel/Upper New York Bay

 

Romer Shoal Light (1898)

Location: Swash Channel/New York Lower Bay

 

Sandy Hook Light (1764)

Location: New York Lower Bay
Gateway National Recreation Area

 

Sea Girt Light (1896)

Location: Relocated from Sea Girt Inlet

 

Ship John Shoal Light (1874)

Location: Shoal in Delaware River

 

Tinicum Island Range Rear Light (1880)

Location: Delaware River

 

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