Orient Point Lighthouse
Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York in Plum Gut of Long Island Sound – the deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Orient Point Light” and “Orient Point Light Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plum Island Lighthouse and Cross Sound Ferry.
Plum Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Plum Island Lighthouse is situated 1 mile northeast of Orient Point Lighthouse.
Cross Sound Ferry
Station
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and road vehicle ferry service operating between New London, Connecticut and Orient, New York on Long Island. The service is privately owned and operated by Cross Sound Ferry Services, headquartered in New London and run by the Wronowski family, which also owns and operates the Block Island Express ferry service and the Thames Shipyard and Repair Company. Cross Sound Ferry is situated 1 mile southwest of Orient Point Lighthouse.
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Military installation
Plum Island Animal Disease Center is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock. It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security Directorate for Science and Technology, and operates as a partnership with the U.S. Plum Island Animal Disease Center is situated 1½ miles northeast of Orient Point Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orient.
Orient
Village
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.
Orient is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 743 at the 2010 census. Orient is situated 4½ miles west of Orient Point Lighthouse.
Orient Point Lighthouse
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southold, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.16347° or 41° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
-72.22362° or 72° 13′ 25″ westInception
1899Height
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87H95Q7G+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 610341960OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
5129982Wikidata ID
Q7102309
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Orient Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Orient Point”
- French: “Phare d’Orient Point”
- Russian: “Маяк Ориент-Пойнт”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cross Sound Deli and Orient Village.
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