Cedar Island Light

Cedar Island Light is a lighthouse in Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton, New York. It overlooks Gardiners Bay.

Cedar Island Light

Location	Cedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island
Coordinates	41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W
Tower
Constructed	1839
Foundation	Masonry pier
Construction	Granite
Automated	1934
Height	30 feet (9.1 m)
Shape	Square unpainted granite
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1839
Deactivated	1934
Focal height	57 feet (17 m)
Lens	Sixth order Fresnel 1855
Range	5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Characteristic	Fl G 4s - Flashing Green 4 s
Cedar Island Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cedar Island Lighthouse at Cedar Point County Park
Nearest city	Sag Harbor, New York
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1868
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	03000248[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 2003

History

The 40-foot (12 m) granite lighthouse was decommissioned in 1934 and replaced by an automatic light on a steel skeleton at breakwater. The lighthouse, built in the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Cultural

The Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Cedar Island Light^[3] with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.