WayfarrowSands Point Light
Lighthouse · Nassau County, New York
Sands Point Light is a lighthouse in Nassau County, New York. New York has 84 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Nassau County.
It was deactivated in 1922.
Status check, 2026-11: The stone tower was finished in 1809, not 1806, and rebuilt extensively around 1867-68 (USLHS gives 1868 for the tower); it was deactivated in 1922, is privately owned, was restored in 2015, and its reported height ranges from 46 to 80 ft. It stands at 40.8659° N, 73.7295° W.
Nearby places
- Execution Rocks Lightlighthouse · Westchester County · 1 mi
- Stepping Stones Lightlighthouse · Nassau County · 3.7 mi
- Kings Point Lightlighthouse · Nassau County · 4.1 mi
- Throgs Neck Lightlighthouse · Bronx County · 5.3 mi
- Whitestone Point Lightlighthouse · Queens County · 6.5 mi
- Limerickghost town · Westchester County · 8.4 mi
- Great Captain Island Lightlighthouse · Western Connecticut County · 9.8 mi
- Great Captain Island Lightlighthouse · Western Connecticut County · 9.8 mi
- North Brother Island Lightlighthouse · Bronx County · 9.8 mi
- Great Captain Island Lightlighthouse · Western Connecticut County · 9.8 mi
- East Port Chesterghost town · Western Connecticut County · 10.6 mi
- Jeffrey's Hook Lightlighthouse · New York County · 11.4 mi
Questions
Where is Sands Point Light?
Sands Point Light is in Nassau County, New York, at 40.8659, -73.7295.
How many lighthouses are in Nassau County?
Nassau County, New York has 4 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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