Twin Lights
Lighthouse in Highlands, New Jersey. Built 1862. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Navesink Twin Lights is a non-operational lighthouse and museum located in Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Twin Lights, as the name implies, are a pair of beacons located 246 feet (75 m) above sea level on the headlands of the Navesink Highlands.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | S of NJ 36 on a promontory between the Navesink River and Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, NJ |
| County | Monmouth County |
| Listed | Dec 2, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000389 |
| Built | 1862 |
| Type of place | light station |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
Visiting
| Address | S of NJ 36 on a promontory between the Navesink River and Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, NJ |
| Coordinates | 40.39680, -73.98587 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Gateway National Recreation Area · 12 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Camp Gateway - Sandy Hook 4 mi · Camp Gateway - Staten Island 15 mi · Camp Gateway- Brooklyn Ny 15 mi |
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Nearby in Monmouth County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000389. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.