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Sandy Hook Light 250th Birthday

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June 11 1764 - June 11 2014

It was a gorgeous day with a wonderful turnout. The  re-enactments were the highlight for us. Cannons booming, muskets firing.  And of course, we had to climb the lighthouse!

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles 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.   

Address: Gateway National Recreation Area, Middletown, NJ 07732
Opened: 1764
Automated: 1965
Height: 103' (31 m)
Architect: Isaac Conro
Materials: Rubble masonry, Stone


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