Lighthouse Window

The window in the Fire Island Lighthouse, also showing the taper in the tower itself. Interesting to me is the choice of colors in the banding of the individual lighthouses: Montauk's is brown & white, and here, it's black and white.

Two Views from the Montauk Point Light House

After climbing the 137 steps to the lantern room of the Montauk Pt. Lighthouse, was greeted with these views. To the right, a southwesterly view of the Atlantic Ocean meeting the eastern coastline of Long Island.

The view at left is looking northeast across Block Island Sound. The southern coastlines of Connecticut and Rhode Island visible on the horizon with the railing of the lantern gallery in the foreground. From these photos, the importance of the Montauk Pt. Lighthouse as a visual navigation aid to mariners is apparent.

Montauk Pt. Lighthouse

Another view of the lighthouse at Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, with a patch of blue sky in early June. There's a pretty stiff wind as you can tell from the Stars & Bars. And it was cold- for June, anyway.

Montauk Point Lighthouse

The Montauk Point Lighthouse on a cool and windy day in early June. Located at the easternmost point of Long Island, NY, the lighthouse is the fourth oldest operating in the U.S. and was the first in New York state, commissioned by President George Washington and the Second Congress of the U.S. in 1792. Given the history of the site, we're lucky to still have it!