Sandy Hook Light

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, , is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Sandy Hook lighthouse” and “Sandy Hook Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandy Hook and Marine Academy of Science and Technology.

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is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of . It is owned by the Federal Government and most is managed by the National Park Service as one of three units comprising .

School
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The is a coeducational four-year magnet high school located in the Sandy Hook section of , in , in the U.S. state of , serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. is situated 760 feet southeast of Sandy Hook Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Hilton.

Hamlet
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is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in , . The coastal artillery base defended the and the entrance to , with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.

Hamlet
Atlantic Highlands is a borough in in the U.S. state of , in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,414, an increase of 29 from the 2010 census count of 4,385, which in turn reflected a decline of 320 from the 4,705 in the 2000 census. is situated 3½ miles south of Sandy Hook Light.

Hamlet
Highlands is a borough in northern , in the U.S. state of . A historic waterfront community located on the within the , this scenic borough is a commuter town of in the . is situated 3½ miles south of Sandy Hook Light.

Sandy Hook Light

Latitude
40.46173° or 40° 27′ 42″ north
Longitude
-74.00202° or 74° 0′ 7″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Inception
1764
Height
88 feet (27 metres)
Operator
U.S. Coast Guard
Open location code
87G7FX6X+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 411135029
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
5104368
Wiki­data ID
Q7417304
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Satellite Map

Discover Sandy Hook Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Sandy Hook Light” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Sandy Hook”
  • Estonian: “Sandy Hooki majakas”
  • Estonian: “Sandy Hooki tuletorn”
  • French: “phare de Sandy Hook”
  • French: “Phare de Sandy Hook”
  • Italian: “Faro di Sandy Hook”
  • Japanese: “サンディフック灯台”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandy Hook fyr”
  • Norwegian: “Sandy Hook fyr”
  • Swedish: “Sandy Hook fyr”

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