The 20 Tallest Lighthouses in New York

Ranked by the height of the tower standing today, for every lighthouse in New York that we could confirm is still standing. Fire Island Light leads, 168 ft tall; number 20 is Rondout Light, 48 ft tall. Dates or measurements marked uncertain in the source are left out rather than guessed Each entry was checked against current sources (park services, historic registers, preservation societies), and anything demolished, replaced or uncertain is left out. Each entry links to its own page with coordinates, sources and image licences.

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   1. Fire Island Light

   168 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York · National Register

   Photo: Don Fick / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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   2. Montauk Point Light

   111 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York · National Register

   Photo: Wolfgang Wander / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

3. 3. Staten Island Light

   90 ft tall · Richmond County, New York · National Register

4. 4. Little Gull Island Light

   81 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York

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   5. Eatons Neck Light

   73 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York · National Register

   Photo: skapur / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5)

6. 6. Stony Point Light

   73 ft tall · Jefferson County, New York

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   7. Ogdensburg Harbor Light

   65 ft tall · St. Lawrence County, New York · National Register

   Photo: cisko66 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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   8. Coney Island Light

   61 ft tall · Kings County, New York

   Photo: Jeffrey Lewis Riehle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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   9. Dunkirk Light

   61 ft tall · Chautauqua County, New York · National Register

   Photo: Pubdog (talk) / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

10. 10. Fort Niagara Light

    61 ft tall · Niagara County, New York · National Register

11. 11. Tarrytown Light

    60 ft tall · Westchester County, New York · National Register

12. 12. Horton Point Light

    58 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York · National Register

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    13. Galloo Island Light

    55 ft tall · Jefferson County, New York · National Register

    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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    14. West Bank Light

    55 ft tall · Richmond County, New York · National Register

    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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    15. Blackwell Island Light

    50 ft tall · New York County, New York · National Register

    Photo: Rhododendrites / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

16. 16. Cumberland Head Light

    50 ft tall · Clinton County, New York

17. 17. Point Aux Roches Light

    50 ft tall · Clinton County, New York

18. 18. Latimer Reef Light

    49 ft tall · Suffolk County, New York · National Register

19. 19. Sodus Outer Light

    49 ft tall · Wayne County, New York

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    20. Rondout Light

    48 ft tall · Ulster County, New York · National Register

    Photo: John S. Hirth / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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