Connecticut
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Town of New Haven

Five Mile Point Light

Five Mile Point Light, also known as Five Mile Point Lighthouse or Old New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a U.S. lighthouse in Long Island Sound on the coast of .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: “Five Mile Point Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lighthouse Point Carousel and Lighthouse Point Park.

Building
Photo: Versageek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in the East Shore section of , in . The carousel was built about 1905, and is one of a shrinking number of early 20th-century carousels left in the state, featuring the carvings of Charles Looff and Charles Carmel.

Park
Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a park in the city of , that is operated as a New Haven city park. The 82-acre park is located at the eastern point of in the neighborhood, and affords a view of .

Lighthouse
Photo: Versageek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southwest Ledge Light is an active lighthouse marking the main entrance channel to of . Completed in 1877, it was one of the first to be built on a cylindrical iron foundation, an innovation by Maj. is situated 1 mile southwest of Five Mile Point Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morris Cove Historic District and East Shore.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a former summer resort area in eastern . Bounded in the north by Myron Street, the south by Morris Causeway and Lighthouse Road, and on the east by the town line, the area was developed as a coastal summer community before being transformed into a streetcar suburb in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of . The contains the . Its name is derived from its geographic location on the east side of .

Photo: Kathyradziunas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in three minutes' drive from and 35 miles from . It is part of the area, founded in 1683.

Five Mile Point Light

Latitude
41.24897° or 41° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
-72.90378° or 72° 54′ 14″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
87H963XW+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 476786219
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
4834544
Wiki­data ID
Q3073110
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Five Mile Point Light” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Five Mile Point Light”. Photo: Cbarneby, Public domain.