New England Lighthouses
Connecticut
and Rhode Island
This page is a list of all the Southern New England Lighthouses.
Some are functional, some you can visit, but some are offshore.
The ones we have personally seen and taken pictures of, are linked to their respective page.
Connecticut Lighthouses
-Bridgeport
CT Lighthouse - Seaside Park
-Bridgeport Lighthouse - Fayerweather Island
-Fairfield
Lighthouse - Located at Penfield Reef
-Greenwich Lighthouse - Great Captain's
Island
-Mystic CT Lighthouse - Noanke - Located at Morgan Point Coming soon!
-New
Haven Harbor - Lighthouse - New Haven
-New
Haven CT Lighthouse - Lighthouse Point CT, Southwest Ledge
-New
London Harbor Lighthouse
-New London Ledge Light House - offshore near
Ocean Beach Park
-Norwalk Lighthouse - Sheffield Island - Take a Sheffield
Island cruise
-Old Saybrook Lighthouse - Saybrook Breakwater
-Old Saybrook
Lighthouse - Saybrook Lynde Point
-Sheffield Island Lighthouse: 888-LI-SOUND
or 203-838-9444 Open weekends, Memorial Day - June; daily, July - Labor Day -
Program fees vary. Picturesque boat ride to Sheffield Island; tour National Register
10-room lighthouse, picnic area. Children's environmental education programs.
Birthday parties, exhibits and special events offered.
-Stamford Lighthouse
- Chatham Ledge
-Stonington Harbor Lighthouse
-Stratford Shoal - Offshore
Stratford
-Stratford CT Lighthouse
- located in Lordship, south Stratford
See some more CT
Lighthouses
Rhode Island Lighthouses
Easily Viewable
Lighthouses in Rhode Island
See a map of these RI
lighthouse locations
-Watch Hill Light, Westerly - Museum,
open to the public
-Point Judith
RI Lighthouse - Right at the tip of Narragansett Bay. So scenic!
-Warwick
Light, Warwick -
-Sandy Point Light and Prudence Island - boat trip to
the lighthouse Built 1823 - Active - Relocated from Goat Island in 1851. Accessible
by ferry from Bristol.
-Bristol Ferry Light, Bristol - Hog Island Shoal - Built
in 1901- Active - Located at entrance to Bristol Harbor. Bristol Ferry - Built
1855 - Inactive - Private Residence. -Located on Ferry Road, south end of Mount
Hope Bridge.
-Rose Island Light, Newport - Now a Bed and Breakfast, overnight
accommodations, boat trip
-Newport Harbor Light, Newport -
-Lime Rock
Light, Newport -
-Beavertail Light, Jamestown - Museum, open to the public
-Castle
Hill Light, Newport -
-Block Island Lighthouse
Sotheast - A great lighthouse to visit! Museum, open to the public, boat
trip
-Block Island Lighthouse North - At the end of a long stretch of
beach. Museum, open to the public, boat trip
Middletown Lighthouse
- Located offshore from the RI Wildlife Refuge
Nayatt
Point - Built 1856 - Inactive - Private Residence. Located at end of Nayatt Road,
Barrington.
Sakonnet - Built 1884 - Active Located 800 yards off Sakonnet Point
in Little Compton (end of Rt. 77.)
MASS Lighthouses
Bass River Lighthouse - How about staying at a Lighthouse in West Dennis, Cape Cod?
Related Websites
Lighthouse
Preservation Society - a nonprofit organization that has made lighthouse preservation
a national issue.
New England Lighthouses
- Lighthouses by State - a tour of 189 lighthouses with original photography,
history, cruise information, antique postcards and more.
Read
all about Lighthouses - US Coast Guard website. Light Stations: Information
and Photography Lightships Buoys & Tenders: A History; by Amy K. Marshall; based
on her Master's Thesis (next entry) "Frequently Close to the Point of Peril: A
History of Buoys and Tenders in U.S. Coastal Waters, 1789-1939," by Amy K. Marshall.
Historically Famous Lighthouses U.S. Lighthouse Service Chronology, 1716-1939
Interesting Lighthouse Facts U.S. Lighthouse Service Uniforms
American
Lighthouse Foundation - The American Lighthouse Foundation's (ALF) short-term
goals are to prevent the further loss and deterioration to historic lighthouses
under the direct control of the organization and to garner public and private
sector support to effectively sustain and grow such lighthouse preservation measures.
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