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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
Hours
Daylight (long walk from the park lot)
Admission
County park fee
Accessibility
Not wheelchair accessible
Access
Open to visit

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