S of NJ 36 on a promontory between the Navesink River and Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, New Jersey. County/parish: Monmouth.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 02, 1970. NRIS 70000389.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Navesink Twin Lights is a non-operational lighthouse and museum located in Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, overlooking Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Twin Lights, as the name implies, are a pair of beacons located 246 feet (75 m) above sea level on the headlands of the Navesink Highlands.
In 1962, the State of New Jersey acquired Twin Lights. The museum offers tours of the lighthouse, and a climb of the North Tower. Twin Lights is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006 for its architecture and its role in the development of lighthouse technologies.
The Twin Lights State Historic Site is part of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route.
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