Absecon Lighthouse
National Register Of Historic Places · Atlantic City, New Jersey
A hundred and seventy-one feet of brick standing incongruously among the side streets of Atlantic City a few blocks back from the boardwalk — THE TALLEST LIGHTHOUSE IN NEW JERSEY AND THE THIRD TALLEST IN THE UNITED STATES. It was designed by George Meade, who two years after finishing it commanded the Union army at Gettysburg, and lit in 1857 after a decade in which dozens of ships had wrecked on the Absecon shoals. IT IS 228 STEPS AND YOU CAN CLIMB EVERY ONE. The original first-order Fresnel lens is still in the lantern, which is unusual, and the view is the whole city and the ocean behind it.
31 South Rhode Island Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 08401, United States
Open on a modest admission with reductions, run by a non-profit rather than the city or state. THE HOURS CATCH PEOPLE OUT: it closes on some weekdays, keeps shorter hours out of season, the last climb is well before closing, and the schedule has varied — check before travelling. IT CLOSES IN HIGH WIND AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CLIMB IS 228 STEPS WITH NO LIFT AND NO PARTIAL OPTION; the keeper's house museum and grounds are the alternative and are included in the admission. A small FREE car park on site — a rarity in Atlantic City — which fills on summer weekends, after which surrounding street parking is metered and enforced. About a ten-minute walk from the boardwalk.
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