Barnegat Lighthouse and Long Beach Island
National Register Of Historic Places · Barnegat Light, New Jersey
A red-and-white tower at the northern tip of Long Beach Island, known universally as OLD BARNEY, designed by GEORGE MEADE — the army engineer who would command the Union army at Gettysburg seven years later — and lit in 1859. Its 217 steps look out over Barnegat Inlet, one of the most treacherous pieces of water on the eastern seaboard, which is why it was built. BEHIND IT RUNS LONG BEACH ISLAND: eighteen miles of barrier island barely a few blocks wide, with the ocean on one side and Barnegat Bay on the other, and a single road down the middle.
208 Broadway, Barnegat Light, New Jersey, 08006, United States
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and its grounds are FREE and open year round with a free but SMALL car park that fills by mid-morning in season. CLIMBING THE TOWER IS SEASONAL AND TICKETED at a few dollars, generally late spring through autumn with weekend-only opening at the shoulders — THE TOWER CLOSES ENTIRELY THROUGH WINTER AND IN HIGH WIND. 217 steps, narrow spiral iron stair, no lift. ROUTE 72 IS THE ONLY ROAD ONTO LONG BEACH ISLAND and backs up for miles on summer weekends. Beach badges are required in most island towns in season, are sold town by town, and are NOT transferable between them. Barrier island evacuation orders apply in hurricane season.
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