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The Sandy Hook Lighthouse at dawn — a white octagonal tower with a lit red-domed lantern glowing, rising above a dark treeline under a pale sky

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse at dawn

2025-09-01

Sandy Hook Lighthouse, north end of the peninsula

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse — the oldest operating lighthouse in the country, lit since 1764 — its red lantern glowing above the treeline at first light. Still burning, still marking the entrance to the bay.

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Title
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse at dawn
Date
2025-09-01
Source
Photograph by Above the Hook · 1 September 2025.
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Above the Hook
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Free to use with credit to Above the Hook (CC BY 4.0).
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The Sandy Hook Lighthouse at dawn (2025-09-01). Photograph by Above the Hook · 1 September 2025. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/today-sandy-hook-lighthouse-dawn/.