Sea Girt

Sea Girt Lighthouse went into operation late in 1896 after it was determined that a lighthouse was needed to fill in the gap between Twin Lights to the north and Barnegat Light to the south in an area known as a ship graveyard.

Barnegat

Barnegat Light

"Old Barney," probably the best-known of New Jersey's lighthouses, has stood at the northern end of Long Beach Island, a resort barrier island between Barnegat (BAR-nuh-git) Bay on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, since New Year's Day of 1859. Designed by Lieut. George Gordon Meade, whose likeness can be seen in the picture at top right, the light guided ships through an area of the Atlantic Ocean notorious as a ship graveyard until 1927, when it was replaced by an offshore lightship. Meade, who also designed Absecon and Cape May Lighthouses, went on to gain greater fame as commander of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg and through the rest of the Civil War. The photo at the bottom left looks northeast across Barnegat Inlet to Island Beach State Park and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. At the bottom right is seen a panoramic view of the borough of Barnegat Light. In the middle left photo, a boat enters Barnegat Inlet on its way out to sea, while the right-hand picture shows the lighthouse from the ocean side; this photo was taken on a 1998 visit.

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