Barnegat Lighthouse

Barnegat Lighthouse
Barnegat Lighthouse, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Map
LocationNorth end of Long Beach Island, off Broadway Avenue, Barnegat Light, New Jersey
Coordinates39°45′51.6″N 74°6′22.4″W / 39.764333°N 74.106222°W / 39.764333; -74.106222
Tower
Constructed1835 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundationGranite crib
ConstructionBrick / iron
Automated1927
Height169 ft (52 m)
ShapeConical
MarkingsWhite bottom half
Red top half
White lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1857 (current tower)
Deactivated1944–2009
Focal height163 ft (50 m)
Lens4th order Fresnel lens (original), 1st order Fresnel lens (1857), VRB-25 (current)
Range22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)
CharacteristicFlashing white, 10s
Barnegat Lighthouse
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.71000512[1][2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 1971

Barnegat Lighthouse, or Barnegat Light, is a historic lighthouse located in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, in the borough of Barnegat Light, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, on the south side of Barnegat Inlet.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses". National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 6, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New Jersey". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 9.
  5. ^ Rowlett, Russ (January 5, 2010). "Lighthouses of the United States: New Jersey". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.