East Point Lighthouse
East Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pine Mount stands 28 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompsons Beach, a beach 1.8 miles away. Bayshore Heritage Byway runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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 Light, which was built in 1764, being older. The light was inactive from 1941 and was nearly destroyed by fire in 1971. The light was reinstated by the United States Coast Guard in 1980. Exterior restoration was completed in 1999. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1995 for its significance in engineering, maritime history, and transportation. It became part of the Maurice River Lighthouse and East Point Archeological District on October 30, 2015. The lighthouse was fully restored in 2017. The lighthouse is an active navigational aid and currently under the stewardship of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
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Dates from 1849.
Wikidata Q5329173, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- On the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 3.9 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Nest Field: 5.2 mi
- Maria Sheets Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
- Dennis Township Recreation Center: 12.8 mi
- Cape May County Park & Zoo: 13.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- Worlds Largest Shopping Cart: 7.4 mi
- Dennis Township Museum & History Center: 11.1 mi
- NJ Field of Dreams Trails Park: 11.5 mi
- New Jersey Motorsports Park: 11.6 mi
- WWII ambulance: 12.4 mi
- Bayshore Center at Bivalve: 2.6 mi
- The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage: 11.6 mi
- Millville Army Air Field Museum: 12.4 mi
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum: 14.6 mi
- WheatonArts: 14.9 mi
- Cross Ledge Light: 10.9 mi
- Patrolman David C. Douglass, Sr. Memorial Grave: 15.8 mi
- H. Myron Bacon: 17.2 mi
- U.S. Life Saving Station No.35: 17.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Belleplain State Forest: 9.9 mi
- Lawrence Township Open Space: 13.7 mi
- Fairfield Township Open Space: 14.4 mi
- Cumberland County Open Space: 16.2 mi
- Cumberland County Open Space: 16.5 mi
- Thompsons Beach: 1.8 mi
- Moores Beach: 4.2 mi
- Fortescue Beach: 8.6 mi
- Cooks Beach: 9.3 mi
- Kimbles Beach: 9.4 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 15.5 mi
- Shark: 17.8 mi
- Wildwoods Sign: 18.6 mi
- Boardwalk Arch: 18.6 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 18.8 mi
- Rain garden: 18.3 mi
- Meditation garden: 18.3 mi
- Pollinator garden: 18.3 mi
- Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve Smart Trails: 23.0 mi
- Slaybaugh Primary Garden: 24.3 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 10.8 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 14.0 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 15.2 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Hereford Inlet Light: 18.2 mi
- Muskee Hill: 9.0 mi
- Potato Island: 11.1 mi
- Ceremony Hill: 22.0 mi
- Pine Mount: 22.5 mi
- Caldwell Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
- Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Estell Manor Park: 21.9 mi
- South Cape May: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Point Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mount | NW 313° | 28 m | 22.5 mi |
| Muskee Hill | NNE 27° | 19 m | 9.0 mi |
| Potato Island | SE 134° | 2 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belleplain STN Forest, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station East Point, Maurice River Cove, NJ, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/696484811
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