List of lighthouses in New Jersey

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New Jersey as identified by the United States Coast Guard.[1]

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Absecon Light Atlantic City 39°21′58″N 74°24′51″W 1857 Never 1933 Decorative Unknown
Barnegat Lighthouse Barnegat Light 39°45′52″N 74°06′22″W 1835 (Former)
1857 (Current)		 1927 Active
(Inactive: 1944-2009)		 VRB-25 163 163 ft (50 m)
Brandywine Shoal Light Delaware Bay
(Lower)		 38.9864°N 75.1135°W / 38.9864; -75.1135 1828 (Former)
1914 (Current)		 1974 Active Unknown 060 60 ft (18 m)
Cape May Light Cape May Point 38°55′58.8″N 74°57′37.5″W 1823 (Former)
1859 (Current)		 1933 Active
(Inactive: 1940-1945)		 VRB-25 Unknown
Chapel Hill Rear Range Light Leonardo 40.3983°N 74.0587°W / 40.3983; -74.0587 1856 Never 1957
(Now a private house)		 None Unknown
Conover Beacon Leonardo 40.4213°N 74.0556°W / 40.4213; -74.0556 1856 1941 1957 None Unknown
Cross Ledge Light Downe Township 39.2040°N 75.2307°W / 39.2040; -75.2307 1875 Never 1910
(Now ruins)		 None 058 58 ft (18 m)
East Point (Maurice River) Light Heislerville 39°11′45″N 75°1′38″W 1849 1911 Active
(Inactive: 1941-1980)		 Fourth-order Fresnel Unknown
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light Delaware Bay
(Middle)		 39.1816°N 75.2683°W / 39.1816; -75.2683 1910 1951 1953
(Destroyed)		 None 061 61 ft (19 m)
Finns Point Range Light Pennsville Township 39°37′2″N 75°32′3″W 1877 1934 1950 None Unknown
Great Beds Light South Amboy 40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W 1880 1945 Active Unknown 057 57 ft (17 m)
Hereford Inlet Light North Wildwood 39°0′24″N 74°47′32″W 1874 1986
(Relit)		 Active
(Inactive: 1964-1986)		 VRB-25 Unknown
Ludlam's Beach Light Sea Isle City 39.15978°N 74.68807°W / 39.15978; -74.68807 1885 Never 1924
(Destroyed)		 None Unknown
Miah Maull Shoal Light Downe Township 39°7′36″N 75°12′35″W 1913 1973 Active 500mm 059 59 ft (18 m)
Navesink Twin Lights Highlands 40°23′46.4″N 73°59′8.8″W 1828 (Former)
1862 (Current)		 1949 Active
(North tower)		 Unknown Unknown
Robbins Reef Light Bayonne 40°39′26.512″N 74°3′55.277″W 1839 (Former)
1883 (Current)		 Unknown Active 300mm 056 56 ft (17 m)
Romer Shoal Light Lower New York Bay 40°30′46.823″N 74°0′48.672″W 1838 (Former)
1898 (Current)		 1966 Active 190mm 054 54 ft (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light Middletown Township
(Sandy Hook)		 40°27′42″N 74°00′07″W 1764 1941 Active Unknown Unknown
Sea Girt Light Sea Girt 40.1367°N 74.0275°W / 40.1367; -74.0275 1896 Never 1955 None 060 60 ft (18 m)
Ship John Shoal Light Delaware Bay
(Upper)		 39°18′19″N 75°22′36″W 1877 1973 Active VRB-25 050 50 ft (15 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light Paulsboro 39°50′51″N 75°14′24″W 1880 1933 Active DCB-24 Unknown
Tucker's Beach Light Tuckerton N/A 1848 (Original)
1980s (Replica)		 Never 1927
(Destroyed)		 LED
(Non-navigational
replica)		 Unknown
Waackaack Rear Range Light Keansburg 40°26′39″N 74°8′10″W 1856
(The last L.H.
was built in 1894)		 Never 1959
(Scrapped)		 None Unknown

References
  1. "Historic Light Station Information & Photography". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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