Sandy Hook Light

Material

bronze

Inscription

This light was completed in 1764 and is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the United States. New York merchants petitioned their assembly to raise money for the light by lotteries and tonnage taxes on ships entering New York...

• 25.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
• 27.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
• 29.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic BywayNational

Local time (America/New_York).

40.46169, -74.00200

Elevation 4 m (modelled from terrain)

• OpenStreetMap record