Fire Island Lighthouse

The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the Great South Bay, in southern Suffolk County, New York, on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island.

Type: Public building
Also known as: “Fire Island Lighthouse Visitors Center”
Address: 1 Burma Road, Fire Island, Robert Moses State Park, NY 11706

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lighthouse Beach and Fire Island Inlet Bridge.

Lighthouse Beach

Beach

Photo: ThreeOneFive, Public domain.

Lighthouse Beach is a small section of the Fire Island National Seashore that is adjacent to Robert Moses State Park on New York's Long Island. It was notable for having sections that were officially designated as clothing optional prior to 2013. Lighthouse Beach is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Fire Island Lighthouse.

Fire Island Inlet Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Fire Island Inlet Bridge, an integral part of the Robert Moses Causeway, is a two-lane, steel tied arch span with a concrete deck that carries the parkway over Fire Island Inlet. Fire Island Inlet Bridge is situated 2½ miles west of Fire Island Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kismet and Saltaire.

Kismet

Hamlet

Photo: Spencerbeggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kismet is a hamlet in the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is the westernmost beach community on Fire Island, immediately west of Saltaire and east of the Fire Island Lighthouse.

Saltaire

Village

Photo: Mrshllmx, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saltaire is a village on Fire Island in the Town of Islip, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The year-round population was 113 at the time of the 2020 census, although the population of the village – being a summer beach community – increases many times over in the summer.

Fair Harbor

Village

Fair Harbor is a small community hamlet located near the western end of Fire Island. It is a part of the Town of Islip on Long Island, New York. With approximately 350 homes within its 13-block town limits, the town features a few stores and other amenities, giving it old-style charm with the security of a state-of-the-art Fire Department and EMS. Fair Harbor is situated 2 miles east of Fire Island Lighthouse.

Fire Island Lighthouse

Categories: building and government building
Location: Islip, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.63228° or 40° 37′ 56″ north

Longitude

-73.21854° or 73° 13′ 7″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Levels

Open location code

87G8JQJJ+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 346331997

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

GeoNames ID

6345332

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Fire Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.

French: “Phare de Fire Island”

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