Lighthouse · Whaling era

Cedar Island Lighthouse, Cedar Point (ruin)

East Hampton · 1860

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Hamptons, New York — the granite keeper's house and lantern standing on the far end of the Cedar Point spit, seen across the water. — The original uploader was David Shankbone at English Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5), cropped

A stone lighthouse on a spit of land that used to be an island before the 1938 hurricane rejoined it to the mainland. Abandoned, unrestored, spectacular on a clear day; the walk out along the spit is 45 minutes each way, easiest at low tide. Bring water: it is further than it looks on the map.

Address

Cedar Point County Park, East Hampton, NY 11937

Hours

Daylight (long walk from the park lot)

Admission

County park fee

Accessibility

Not wheelchair accessible

Access

Open to visit