Place to see: Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Highlands, New Jersey, United States

Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Sandy Hook Lighthouse

From one of the parking lots at Sandy Hook.

About this place:

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located on the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built in 1764 by Isaac Conro. It is the longest continuous operating lighthouse in America, sitting in the middle of Fort Hancock that was decommissioned in the 1970s.

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Highlands, New Jersey, US

Discovered by Jon Hodgson
on 11 November 2007.
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