- Trips
- Lighthouse Tours
- Bug Light - Long Beach Bar Orient
- Cedar Island Lighthouse
- Horton Point Lighthouse
- Latimer Lighhouse
- Little Gull Lighthouse
- North Dumpling Lighthouse
- Orient Point Lighthouse
- Plum Island Lighthouse
- Race Rock Lighthouse
- South East Lighthouse
- Block Island North Lighthouse
Block Island North Lighthouse
The first light on the site was built in 1829. The current structure at Sandy Point is the fourth lighthouse built on the site and was made of granite and iron in 1867. The light was deactivated in 1973 and United States Fish and Wildlife Service acquired the lighthouse. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It became dilapidated and was sold to New Shoreham in 1984, and relighted in 1989. A wind generator and solar panels provide much of the power for the building. Block Island North Lighthouse on WikipediaStation established: 1829
Present lighthouse built: 1868
Automated: 1956
Discontinued: 1973
Relighted: 1989
Construction material: Granite, iron
Height of tower: 55 feet
Height of focal plane: 61 feet
Original optics: Seven oil lamps and 16-inch parabolic reflectors (1829); Fourth order Fresnel (1868)
Characteristic: Flashing white every five seconds (currently on steel tower to the north of the lighthouse)
Other buildings still standing: Two storage buildings
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