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Here below, this map and list will focus on Lake Ontario lighthouses around Western New York. For the purposes of this mini New York lighthouse tour, these will be Lake Ontario lighthouses located between the Niagara River and Rochester.
Sep 3, 2020 · From the Fort Niagara Lighthouse, just a vapor’s drift away to Niagara Falls, to the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse signaling the entrance to the St. Lawrence River, majestic lights abound spanning...
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This point, the northernmost point on Lake Ontario’s southern shore, was designated on some maps as Thirty Mile Point, being thirty miles from the mouth of the Niagara River. At that time, the first light east of the Niagara River was a newly erected fourth-order pier light at Oak Orchard, forty-five miles from the Niagara River.
- Tibbetts Point Lighthouse (Thousand Islands-Seaway) Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River intersect right near Tibbetts Point. The best way to experience this 1827 lighthouse is to ride a bike from the center of Cape Vincent and take a tour.
- Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum (Chautauqua-Allegheny) Credit: @Amityphotos.com. Built in 1857, this 61' tall lighthouse offers tours against a historical backdrop—the first shots of the War of 1812 were fired near here!
- Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum (Long Island) Locals call Montauk “The End,” and the Montauk Lighthouse, the oldest in the state, is truly all the way out on the end where the Block Island Sound meets the Atlantic Ocean.
- National Lighthouse Museum (New York City) Yes, even New York City has an exciting lighthouse-related attraction! You can easily take the free Staten Island Ferry from downtown Manhattan to the St. George Ferry Terminal and walk to the National Lighthouse Museum.
Thirty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Niagara County, New York. It is part of Golden Hill State Park, a New York state park. The lighthouse is open to the public. It gets its name because it is the point 30 miles east of the Niagara River. The lighthouse was built in 1875 of hand-carved stone.
- 1876
- 61 feet (19 m)
- Limestone
- Lake Ontario
Stony Point (Henderson) Lighthouse. From the air, it is immediately apparent how Stony Point must have received its name, as rocky ledges, extending from the point for some distance, can been seen beneath the clear waters of Lake Ontario.
So I decided to take a quick trip up along Lake Ontario to get some pictures of lighthouses with snow on the ground. I left the house around 8:30 in the morning, hopped on Interstate 90 heading east.
