Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Daily walking tours of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse are offered every half hour, up and down 95 steps plus a nine-rung ladder.

The Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey takes place in October at 16 participating locations from Sandy Hook to the Delaware Bay.

One thing I love is highlighting the many wonderful areas we have right here at the Jersey Shore and around the beautiful Garden State that we can enjoy.

It is the oldest operating lighthouse in America, it’s 257 year's old. The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, designed by Isaac Conro, was built in 1764.

I took this picture of For Hancock and in the distance you can see the Freedom Tower in NYC and when I snapped this there was a reflection of an American Flag in the photo .... very appropriate I thought ~ Shawn Michaels   In our latest "Hiking New Jersey" April and I went to Monmouth County and a visit to the Gateway National Recreation Area. There yo...

Park rangers and staffers are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse with an event set for Saturday, June 14, 2014. The structure at the entrance to the Lower New York Bay dates back to June 11, 1764, and is the oldest still-working lighthouse in the United States...