Lighthouse	Location	Operational?	Public Access to Grounds?	Photography Notes
Bellevue Range Rear Light	Wilmington	Yes
Brandywine Shoal Light	Delaware Bay, Lewes	Yes	No
Delaware Breakwater Light	Lewes	No	No
Fenwick Island Light	Fenwick Island	Yes	Yes
Fourteen Foot Bank Light	Delaware Bay, Bowers Beach	Yes	No	May be photographed from a boat.
Harbor Of Refuge (South) Breakwater Light	Lewes	Yes	No
Liston Range Light (Rear Range)	Taylor's Bridge	Yes	No	Rear Range is just a metal tower. Shoot the front range.
Liston Range Light (Front Range)	Taylor's Bridge	Yes	No
Marcus Hook Range Lights	Bellefonte	Yes	No
Reedy Island Range Rear Light	Taylor's Bridge	Yes	No	Not very aestheticly pleasing.
Ship John Shoal Light	Greenwich	Yes	No	May be photographed from a boat.

Maryland Lighthouses

Lighthouse	Location	Operational?	Public Access to Grounds?	Photography Notes
Baltimore Light	Gibson Island	Yes	No	May be photographed from boat.
Bloody Point Bar Light	Claiborne	Yes	No
Concord Point (Havre De Grace) Light	Havre De Grace	No	Yes
Cove Point Light	Lusby	Yes	Yes	Access with shuttle bus from the Calvert Marine Museum (410-326-2042): weekends and holidays, May through September; daily June through August. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Craighill Channel Lower Light (Rear Range)	Sparrows Point	Yes	No
Craighill Channel Lower Light (Front Range)	Sparrows Point	Yes	No
Cutoff Channel Range Light		Yes
Drum Point Light	Solomons	No	Yes
Fishing Battery Light
Hooper Island Light	Middle Hooper Island	Yes	No
Hooper Strait Light	St. Michaels	No	Yes
Piney Point Light	Piney Point	No	Yes
Point Lookout Light (Old)	Scotland	No	Yes
Point No Point Light	Dameron	Yes	No
Pooles Island Light	Pooles Island	No	No	You can photograph from a boat, but do not go ashore. Island used to be a bombing range and still has unexploded shells.
Sandy Point Shoal Light	Skidmore	Yes	No
Seven Foot Knoll Light	Baltimore	No	Yes
Sharps Island Light	Tilghman Island	Yes	No	May be photographed from boat.
Solomons Lump Light	Crisfield	Yes	No
Thomas Point Shoal Light	Annapolis	No	Yes
Turkey Point Light	North East	No	Yes

New Jersey Lighthouses

Lighthouse	Location	Operational?	Public Access to Grounds?	Photography Notes
Absecon Light	Atlantic City	Yes	Yes
Barnegat Light	Barnegat Light	No	Yes
Cape May Point Light	Cape May	Yes	Yes
Chapel Hill Range Rear Light	Leonardo	No	No
Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Range Front) Light	Leonardo	No	No
East Point (Maurice River) Light	Heislerville	Yes	Yes
Finns Point Range Rear Light	Pennsville	No	Yes
Hereford Inlet Light (Old)	North Wildwood	Yes	Yes
Miah Maull Shoal Light	Downe	Yes	No
Navesink Twin Lights	Highlands	Yes	Yes	Grounds open 9 a.m. to sunset.
Robbins Reef Light	Constable Hook	No	Yes
Sandy Hook (New York) Light	Fort Hancock	Yes	Yes	In Gateway National Recreation Area.
Sea Girt Light	Sea Girt	Yes	Yes
Tinicum Island Range Rear Light	Paulsboro	Yes	Yes

New York Lighthouses

Lighthouse	Location	Operational?	Public Access to Grounds?	Photography Notes
Blackwell Island Light	Roosevelt Island, NYC	No	Yes	Lots of options. From on Roosevelt Island, take the public paths directly to the lighthouse. From Queens, you'll find good angles along the river, especially from Socrates Sculpture Park (at the west end of Broadway), with Manhattan in the background. On the Manhattan side of the river, you can get good angles from Carl Schurz Park (at the west end of 86th Street). Light will hit it all day, though the buildings of Manhattan will block the sun toward sunset.
Cedar Island Light (Old)	Sag Harbor	No	No
Cold Spring Harbor Light	Long Island	No	No
Coney Island (Nortons Point) Light	Brooklyn	Yes	No
Eatons Neck Light	Huntington	Yes	Yes, by appointment
Elm Tree Lighthouse	Staten Island	No	Yes	Not very photographic, although the architecture is different than most lighthouses. But not a great location, not great-looking surrounds, and not in great condition. Easy to get to, though.
Esopus Meadows (Middle Hudson River) Light	Esopus, Hudson River	No	No
Execution Rocks Light	New Rochelle	Yes	No
Fire Island Light	Fire Island	Yes	Yes
Fort Wadsworth Light	Staten Island	No	Yes
Great Beds Light	Raritan River Tottenville	Yes	No
Horton Point Light	Southold	Yes	Yes
Hudson-Athens (Hudson City) Light	Hudson City, Hudson River	Yes	No
Huntington Harbor Light	Huntington Village	Yes	Yes
Jeffrey's Point (Little Red) Lighthouse	Manhattan	No	Yes	Cute little red lighthouse. Can shoot it anytime of day. Grounds are public property, so very accessible.
Latimer Reef Light	Fishers Island	Yes	No	May be photographed from boat.
Little Gull Island Light	Fishers Island	Yes	No
Montauk Point Light	Montauk	Yes	Yes
New Dorp (Swash Channel Range Rear) Light	Staten Island	No	No	Private property. Restored, but not kept as a lighthouse.
North Brother Island Lighthouse	New York City	No	No	Need a boat, but can't really photograph it; it's in ruins. The roof is just barely discernable in the overgrown foliage.
North Dumpling Light	Fishers Island	No	No
Old Field Point Light	Old Field	Yes	Yes
Old Orchard Shoal Light	Oakwood Beach	Yes	No	Need a boat or a plane.
Orient Point Light	Orient Point	Yes	No
Plum Island (Plum Gut) Light	Orient	No	No
Princes Bay Light (Old)	Staten Island	No	No	Because of many surrounding trees, need to shoot when no leaves are present: late fall to early spring.
Race Rock Light	Fishers Island	Yes	No	May be photographed from boat.
Romer Shoal Light	New York City	Yes	No
Rondout Creek (Kingston) Light	Kingston, Hudson River	Yes	Yes	Call 914-338-0071.
Sands Point Light (Old)	Port Washington	No	No
Saugerties Light	Saugerties, Hudson River	Yes	Yes
Staten Island (Range Rear) Light	Staten Island	Yes	No
Stepping Stones Light	Long Island Sound, Near Kings Point	Yes	No	May be photographed from boat.
Statue Of Liberty	New York City		Yes	Best photographed from boat or on Liberty Island. Also good views from Governors Island with a telephoto lens.
Stony Point Light	Stony Point, Hudson River	Yes	Yes
Tarrytown (Kingsland Point) Light	Sleepy Hollow	No	Yes	Very photogenic lighthouse. Easiest to shoot from land, but the best shot is by boat. A walking bridge leads to the light.
Throgs Neck Lighthouse	Bronx	No	Yes	Not very photographic. It's just a scaffold with a beacon. The keeper's quarters are still there, but in all it just doesn't look like a lighthouse.
Titanic Memorial Lighthouse	Manhattan	No	Yes	Was long ago moved from the harbor to the streets of Downtown Manhattan. You can photograph it, but not as a traditional lighthouse scene with water and coastline; rather, it's a city photo. It's at the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets.
West Bank (Range Front) Light	Staten Island	Yes	No	Best viewed by boat or plane. The latter provides great compositional opportunities, as the man-made reef curves toward the lighthouse. Light hits it all times of day.

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