Power House
Power House is a lighthouse in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is South Tower, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway passes 29 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
lighthouse in New Jersey, United States
Dates from 1862.
Wikidata Q6982276, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1898
What to expect
- Operated by
- Twin Lights Historical Society
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Lights Mystery Cannon: 0.0 mi
- Navesink Light Station: 0.0 mi
- Battery Lewis: 0.5 mi
- Highlands Army Air Defense Command Bunker: 0.5 mi
- 1980 Hostage Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Spermaceti Cove Life Boat Station: 0.0 mi
- Atlantic Highlands Historica: 2.8 mi
- Allen House: 6.4 mi
- Eatontown Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Hartshorne Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Hartshorne Woods County Park: 0.6 mi
- Huddy Park: 0.8 mi
- Navesink River Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Highlands Beach: 0.6 mi
- Navesink Beach: 0.7 mi
- Beach B: 0.9 mi
- Gravelly Point Beach: 1.0 mi
- Beach C: 1.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Dove: 1.3 mi
- Bust of Count Basie "The Kid from Red Bank": 5.7 mi
- Middletown North Senior Mural: 6.0 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 6.0 mi
- Middletown North Lion: 6.0 mi
- Seabright Beach: 2.5 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.6 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Holmdel Horn Antenna: 10.5 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 2.7 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 6.1 mi
- Tatum Park: 8.1 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 11.4 mi
- Swinburne Island: 12.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.0 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 7.5 mi
- Composting Demo: 7.6 mi
- Display Garden: 7.6 mi
- Bonsai Display: 7.6 mi
- Highlands of Navesink: 0.8 mi
- Garrett Hill: 4.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 9.8 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 10.2 mi
- Crawford Hill: 10.6 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 17.5 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 20.3 mi
- Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 20.7 mi
- South Tower: 0.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 0.0 mi
- North Tower: 0.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 18.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 18.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 18.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.5 mi
- Barber: 17.1 mi
- Palisades: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Power House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | NNW 334° | 125 m | 15.7 mi |
| Crawford Hill | W 269° | 120 m | 10.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 269° | 106 m | 9.8 mi |
| Beacon Hill | W 264° | 82 m | 12.7 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | SW 226° | 81 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | SW 224° | 74 m | 12.6 mi |
| Lippincort Hill | SW 217° | 72 m | 12.2 mi |
| Highlands of Navesink | WNW 291° | 71 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Branch-oakhurst, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Highlands, Route 36 bridge, NJ, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 06000237OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/423922694
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 8 mi
- Staten Island · 15 mi
- Old Bridge · 17 mi
- Perth Amboy · 17 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 18 mi
- Freehold · 18 mi
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