List of lighthouses in New Jersey

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of New Jersey as identified by the United States Coast Guard.^[1]

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Name	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Automated	Year deactivated	Current Lens	Focal Height	Tower Height
Absecon Light	Atlantic City	39°21′58″N 74°24′51″W	1857	Never	1933	Decorative	167 ft (51 m)	171 ft (52 m)
Barnegat Lighthouse	Barnegat Light^[2]	39°45′52″N 74°06′22″W	1835 (Former) 1857 (Current)	1927	Active (Inactive: 1944-2009)^[3]	VRB-25	163 163 ft (50 m)	169 ft (52 m)
Brandywine Shoal Light	Delaware Bay (Lower)	38.9864°N 75.1135°W / 38.9864; -75.1135	1828 (Former) 1914 (Current)	1974	Active	Unknown	060 60 ft (18 m)	46 ft (14 m)
Cape May Light	Cape May Point	38°55′58.8″N 74°57′37.5″W	1823 (Former) 1859 (Current)	1933	Active (Inactive: 1940-1945)	VRB-25	160 ft (50 m)	157 ft (48 m) (165 ft (50 m) above sea level)
Chapel Hill Rear Range Light	Leonardo	40.3983°N 74.0587°W / 40.3983; -74.0587	1856	Never	1957 (Now a private house)	None	Unknown	55 ft (orig.) 45 ft (current)
Conover Beacon	Leonardo	40.4213°N 74.0556°W / 40.4213; -74.0556	1856	1941	1957	None	Unknown	55 ft (orig.) 45 ft (current)
Cross Ledge Light	Downe Township	39.2040°N 75.2307°W / 39.2040; -75.2307	1875	Never	1910 (Now ruins)	None	058 58 ft (18 m)	Unknown
East Point (Maurice River) Light	Heislerville	39°11′45″N 75°1′38″W	1849	1911	Active (Inactive: 1941-1980)	Fourth-order Fresnel	43 ft (13 m)	40 ft (12.2 m)
Elbow of Cross Ledge Light	Delaware Bay (Middle)	39.1816°N 75.2683°W / 39.1816; -75.2683	1910	1951	1953 (Destroyed)	None	061 61 ft (19 m)	Unknown
Finns Point Range Light	Pennsville Township	39°37′2″N 75°32′3″W	1877	1934	1950	None	Unknown	115 ft (35 m)
Great Beds Light	South Amboy	40°29′12″N 74°15′12″W	1880	1945	Active	Unknown	057 62 ft (19 m)	61 ft (19 m)
Hereford Inlet Light	North Wildwood	39°0′24″N 74°47′32″W	1874	1986 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1964-1986)	VRB-25	56 ft (17 m)	57 ft (17 m)
Ludlam's Beach Light	Sea Isle City	39.15978°N 74.68807°W / 39.15978; -74.68807	1885	Never	1924 (Destroyed)	None	Unknown	36 ft (11 m)
Miah Maull Shoal Light	Downe Township	39°7′36″N 75°12′35″W	1913	1973	Active	500mm	059 59 ft (18 m)	46 ft (14 m)
Navesink Twin Lights	Highlands	40°23′46.4″N 73°59′8.8″W	1828 (Former) 1862 (Current)	1949	Active (North tower)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Robbins Reef Light	Bayonne	40°39′26.512″N 74°3′55.277″W	1839 (Former) 1883 (Current)	Unknown	Active	300mm	056 56 ft (17 m)	45 ft (14 m)
Romer Shoal Light	Lower New York Bay	40°30′46.823″N 74°0′48.672″W	1838 (Former) 1898 (Current)	1966	Active	190mm	054 54 ft (16 m)	54 feet (16 m)
Sandy Hook Light	Middletown Township (Sandy Hook)	40°27′42″N 74°00′07″W	1764	1941	Active	Unknown	89 ft (27 m)	103 ft (31 m)
Sea Girt Light	Sea Girt	40.1367°N 74.0275°W / 40.1367; -74.0275	1896	Never	1955	None	060 60 ft (18 m)	44 ft (13 m)
Ship John Shoal Light	Delaware Bay (Upper)	39°18′19″N 75°22′36″W	1877	1973	Active	VRB-25	050 50 ft (15 m)	46 ft (14 m)
Tinicum Island Rear Range Light	Paulsboro	39°50′51″N 75°14′23″W	1880	1933	Active	DCB-24	112 ft (34 m)	85 ft (26 m)
Tucker's Beach Light	Tuckerton	N/A	1848 (Original) 1980s (Replica)	Never	1927 (Destroyed)	LED (Non-navigational replica)	Unknown	Unknown
Waackaack Rear Range Light	Keansburg	40°26′39″N 74°8′10″W	1856 (The last L.H. was built in 1894)	Never	1959 (Scrapped)	None	Unknown	96 ft (29 m) (first) 106 ft (32 m) (second)