MOVING LINKS 4 YOU

The Barnegat Light House at Barnegat Light New Jersey on Long Beach Island. Follow my link, it takes you to the history of the light house.

When I was a kid would race to the top of the light house with my brothers. I took my kids there when they were little and they did the same thing. This past summer, my daughter went with friends and she received a certificate for her effort to climb the light house.

I can’t wait to read about all the light houses of the world here from all the folks who post.

Hi Dan, you always have great family stories. I love it. I hope there will be lots of entries. Lighthouses are something that have always drawn me. The one I am MOST familiar with is Split Rock Lighthouse on the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota. I loved going there as a kid. Lake Superior was as big as an ocean to me and it was a great place to think about the big world out there…

Highland Light, Truro MA. On Old Cape Cod!

One of the first that Mariners would see when coming from Europe to New England. BAck a few years, they had to pick up and move the whole Lighthouse back form the cliffs, because of erosion. Not easy to move something that big.

History of: http://lighthouse.cc/highland/history.html

Cape Cod Lighthouses: http://www.capecodlighthouses.info/highland.html

Thanks, Greg! Super MA lighthouse!

Here’s a link to a Picture I took of it:

http://jpgmag.com/photos/2589192

That would have to be on Nantucket…Great Point Lighthouse.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nantuckethistoricalassociation/3349086689/in/photostream

That’s 2 for Massachusetts now! Another good one, Linda. Thx!

My favorite beach would be Silver Beach, in Saint Joseph, Michigan. Which is the location of two lighthouses together.

I have a few photographs of these lighthouses (and other Silver Beach photographs) posted on JPGMAG.

Here’s the direct links to the photographs of the lighthouses:
http://jpgmag.com/photos/2654305
http://jpgmag.com/photos/2644974
http://jpgmag.com/photos/2630572

There are so many good ones Mary, it’s hard to choose just one!

There are two great ones in my summer hang out of Traverse City – the Grand Traverse Lighthouse on Michigan’s pinky finger (near Northport, MI), and the Old Mission Lighthouse on the peninsula of the same name that bisects Grand Traverse Bay.

http://www.grandtraverselighthouse.com/
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=713

Michigan and Massachusetts are now vying for first place!!
I am thoroughly enjoying this.

A lighthouse we discovered in New Zealand (the Catlins) in June – the light was incredible for the time of day and the rainbow – http://jpgmag.com/photos/2660385

Robbins Reef Lighthouse in New York Harbor: http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/131lighthouse/index.htm

And if they ever get it done, the National Lighthouse Museum: http://friendsofthenationallighthousemuseum.org/

Thanks Karen – I thought I best add some images of Split Rock Lighthouse in MN which I mentioned in the post:
http://bit.ly/cFlSRg

NJ, NY, MI,MN, MA, CA, NZ have representation here so far. I know there’s lighthouses all over the world – I hope more surface here.

Here a lighthouse from The Netherlands, it the lange Jaap Lighthouse on the outskirts of Den Helder.

http://cameraaperture.aminus3.com/image/2009-05-28.html
http://cameraaperture.aminus3.com/image/2009-06-01.html

Fascinating! And now the Netherlands is represented. Thanks, Katherine!

My favorite lighthouse is in L’Albir, in the Valencian region of Spain, just near Altea. It’s a 2-km walk up to the lighthouse and along the way there are a few paths you can hike to get all the way down to small empty beaches.

Here’s a link to some photos (not my own)

http://community.webshots.com/album/64979470WxNZdh

Thanks, Ana – I think the America’s Cup was here in 2007.
A nice addition to the list. And another country represented.

Hi Mary,

Scituate Light, less than two miles from my house and I jog by it almost every day. Residents love to go there during storms or otherwise.

http://lighthouse.cc/scituate/SCITFR.JPG

Scituate Light is in Massachusetts – another one for your state, David. Greg weighed in with one, too. Thank you!

My favourite lighthouse is on Anadaman Islands (sorry no photographs). However, today I went to the Gateway of India and photographed a lighthouse just for you. Since I use film you will be able to see it only much later, after I finish the roll and have it processed. Alas there is no beach here, just the deep sea.

Hi Mary! I hope you had a good time last night! We had a blast! What a fun event! As I promised, here is my lighthouse! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

http://www.hecetalighthouse.com/

Thanks so much, Jill – Oregon is now officially represented here!
Yes, we had a good time last night. And you looked smashing, I might add.

Lubna, I look forward to the pic of YOUR lighthouse – all the way from India. Very cool. Thanks so much for going out to see it just cuz!

I am rather partial to the St. Augustine Lighthouse in Florida. The stories are incredible, including the ghost stories.

Here’s the website for it.

http://www.staugustinelighthouse.com/

Ghost stories? Thanks, Bob!

The lighthouse seems to fit just right into the landscape. It isn’t the biggest, most famous, most picturesque – it just seems to fit. You can’t see the small rocks offshore to the north in this picture that is a bird sanctuary, and to the west there is a botanical garden. Spectacular views of the waves crashing in to the inlet to the east.

This is what I think of when someone mentions lighthouses.

Regards,

Gerry.

http://www.kauaidiscovery.com/virtual_kauai_tour/hanalei+princeville+

When I was a kid, my folks used to take me to Atlantic City. On one of the entertainment piers there was a miniature golf course that had a small lighhouse over one of the holes. Impressionable youth.

One of my favorites is the lighthouse atop the H.W. Wilson building in the Bronx, http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=1443&bhcd2=1284388002.

We often used to vacation in Maine, and were impressed by the many traditional lighthouses along the coast.

And then there is the Lighthouse for the Blind, a noble charitable organization.

Thanks, All!

I’d love this list to grow to every area that has lighthouses? With your help, maybe we’ll make headway.

So far this is what is represented – some more than once.

States in US: NJ, MA, MI, MN, FL, CA, OR, HI, NY
Countries: New Zealand, India

One of my favorite lighthouses where I live in the historic Hudson River Valley is the Saugerties Lighthouse on the Hudson River at the mouth of the Esopus Creek. It was built in 1869 and stands 46′ tall. What is nice about this lighthouse is that you can walk out to it at low tide and reserve the room to spend the night out there. A magical night indeed. Here is the link to the Wikipedia page if the one I entered above doesn’t show up.
http://tinyurl.com/35ufe56

Very cool, Cheryl, that people can stay in “your” lighthouse on the Hudson River!

A good old Lighhouse well placed near the Bay of Fundae, Nova Scotia!

Wow! Check out these lighthouses along the bay of fundy! Absolutely incredible, especially with the seasonal tides. Guiness book records them as the biggest in the world!

http://www.canada-photos.com/images/500/boars-head-lighthouse_3048-2954.jpg

http://images.travelpod.com/users/nanseaj/4.1252328213.small-lighthouse.jpg

Beautiful, Basim! Picture ARE worth a 1000 words.

I’ve always been fond on the Montauk Point Lighthouse and have spent many happy times out there.

http://www.montauklighthouse.com/

Thanks, Val – another vote for NY – this time Long Island.

I have never been here but, it looks beautiful and I have always wanted to venture to New Zealand
http://www.newzealandlighthouses.com/akaroa1_edited.jpg

New Zealand is my “2nd home” so I’m delighted you added this one. I have been here. Akaroa is indeed beautiful!

I hope that someday I will be able to travel…So looking forward to what life has in store for me;)

I had to give it some thought…. and actually, I have no clue where my favorite lighthouse is – my favourite lighthouse is the one from the movie Pete’s Dragon…. so if anyone can let me know where that is, that would be great

I would love if someone can come up with the answer to your question, Ives!

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