Sea Girt Light

Sea Girt Lighthouse
Map
LocationSea Girt, New Jersey, U.S.
Coordinates40°08′12″N 74°01′39″W / 40.1367°N 74.0275°W / 40.1367; -74.0275
Tower
Constructed1896
FoundationBrick
ConstructionBrick
Automated1945
Height44 feet (13 m)
Shapehouse with integral tower and lantern
Light
Deactivated1977
Focal height60 feet (18 m)
LensFourth order Fresnel lens (original), Decorative light (current)

The Sea Girt Light is a decommissioned lighthouse marking the inlet leading to the Wreck Pond in Sea Girt, New Jersey, United States. It is located on a stretch of the New Jersey shore between the Barnegat and Navesink lighthouses.[1] It hosted the first radio beacon mounted in a shore installation in the United States.

  1. ^ Dominick Mazzagetti (2018). The Jersey Shore: The Past, Present & Future of a National Treasure. Rutgers University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780813593753.