Tongue Point Light
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Tongue Point Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jessup Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Tongue Point Light Lighthouse, also known as Bridgeport Breakwater or Bug Light, is a lighthouse on the west side of the Bridgeport Harbor entrance, in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the United States. Built in 1891 and moved to its present location in 1919, it was instrumental in the development of the city's inner harbor as a transshipment point, Connecticut rail and water freight transport systems. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1895.
Wikidata Q7821157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1984
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jessup Park: 0.5 mi
- Newfield Park: 0.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- McLevy Green: 1.0 mi
- Eastside Park: 1.0 mi
- Barnum Museum: 0.8 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 0.9 mi
- Connecticut Air & Space Center: 2.8 mi
- Catharine B Mitchell Museum: 2.9 mi
- National Helicopter Museum Inc: 3.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 0.7 mi
- Seaside Beach: 1.4 mi
- Long Beach: 1.9 mi
- Money Beach: 2.9 mi
- Lordship Beach: 3.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.9 mi
- Success Hill: 2.2 mi
- Academy Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tunxis Hill: 3.2 mi
- Second Hill: 3.9 mi
- Gypsy Springs Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Woodside Circle Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Ash Creek Open Space: 3.2 mi
- The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 3.2 mi
- New England Avenue Playground: 3.3 mi
- Perry Memorial Archway: 0.7 mi
- Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 2.0 mi
- Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Ye Olde King's Highway: 2.2 mi
- White Oak: 2.2 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 1.5 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rose/Wedding garden: 5.9 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Heron: 5.4 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 5.9 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- Mother Mary: 6.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 12.6 mi
- Burr Homestead: 4.2 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 8.8 mi
- Earthplace: 10.6 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 11.5 mi
- 3-town marker: 12.4 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 7.5 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 10.3 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 12.2 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 13.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.5 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 21.0 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 21.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 21.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 4.0 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 4.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.8 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 18.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 0.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 19.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.8 mi
- The Silver Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Tongue Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Hill | N 353° | 198 m | 11.6 mi |
| Israel Hill | N 359° | 192 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bugg Hill | NNW 349° | 189 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tashua Hill | NNW 330° | 179 m | 7.5 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | N 2° | 171 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hirams Hill | NNW 334° | 167 m | 10.1 mi |
| Booth Hill | N 357° | 160 m | 7.8 mi |
| Powells Hill | WNW 301° | 159 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 6.74 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station BRIDGEPORT, CT, 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 89001478OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Tongue Point Lighthouse, reference 89001478, listed 05/29/90.
OpenStreetMap element way/716898544
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 20 mi
- Bayville · 27 mi
- Oyster Bay · 28 mi
- Port Chester · 28 mi
- Rye Brook · 28 mi
- Purchase · 29 mi
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