Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Sandy Hook Lighthouse is a lighthouse in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Hook Light, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 26 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro. At that time, it stood only 500 feet (150 metres) from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost one and a half miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, for its significance in commerce and transportation.
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Dates from 1764-06-11.
Wikidata Q7417304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1764
- Height
- 26.8 m
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Beach: 0.8 mi
- FIshing Beach: 1.9 mi
- Beach E: 2.5 mi
- Beach D: 2.8 mi
- Beach C: 3.3 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.1 mi
- Seabright Beach: 7.1 mi
- Endeavor: 7.8 mi
- Happy Fishing: 7.8 mi
- Samba Balloon Ride: 7.8 mi
- Navesink Park: 3.5 mi
- Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park: 3.8 mi
- Lenape Woods Greenway Municipally Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Huddy Park: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Atlantic Highlands Historica: 3.8 mi
- Spermaceti Cove Life Boat Station: 4.6 mi
- Allen House: 10.0 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 10.3 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 10.3 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 7.7 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 8.2 mi
- Composting Demo: 8.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Dove: 3.7 mi
- Middletown North Senior Mural: 6.4 mi
- Middletown North Lion: 6.6 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 7.0 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Light: 0.0 mi
- MAST Anchor: 0.1 mi
- Battery Granger: 0.2 mi
- Battery Potter: 0.4 mi
- Battery Gunnison: 0.4 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 5.5 mi
- Swinburne Island: 7.6 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 7.6 mi
- Bellhaven Nature Area: 9.0 mi
- Tatum Park: 9.0 mi
- Highlands of Navesink: 4.3 mi
- Garrett Hill: 5.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 10.1 mi
- Crawford Hill: 10.8 mi
- Emerson Hill: 11.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 16.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 16.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 16.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 0.0 mi
- North Tower: 4.6 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 4.6 mi
- South Tower: 4.6 mi
- Power House: 4.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.1 mi
- The Loch: 23.1 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 25.0 mi
- Barber: 14.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Palisades: 19.6 mi
- Hawk Hill: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy Hook Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | NNW 328° | 125 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WSW 244° | 120 m | 10.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WSW 243° | 106 m | 10.1 mi |
| Nook Hill | NW 320° | 92 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beacon Hill | WSW 243° | 82 m | 13.1 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | SSW 213° | 81 m | 17.3 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | SSW 210° | 74 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lippincort Hill | SSW 205° | 72 m | 15.7 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 9 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.7 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock, NJ, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 80002505OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/411135029
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 7 mi
- Staten Island · 11 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 14 mi
- Perth Amboy · 14 mi
- Bayonne · 15 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 16 mi
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