Lighthouse · Eastern Lake Ontario, New York
Horse Island Lighthouse
The tower, first lit in 1870, is dark now. The working light, one white flash every 2.5 seconds, stands nearby, about 100 m away. A brick tower and keeper's house on Horse Island off Sackets Harbor, a War of 1812 battle site preserved by the American Battlefield Trust; the light moved to a skeleton tower beside it in 1957.
Open in the viewer from Sackets Harbor Battlefield →
Quick facts
| Type | Lighthouse |
|---|---|
| Built | 1870 |
| Light | Fl W 2.5s |
| Position | 43.9430°N, 76.1446°W |
| From Sackets Harbor Battlefield | 507 m (1,663 ft), bearing 289° WNW |
| Source | NOAA ENC; OpenStreetMap |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Sackets Harbor Battlefield, 507 m (1,663 ft) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
On the website for now. New York's lighthouses are in the web viewer first, and they are coming to the CoastFinder app, which covers the North Carolina coast today. Follow @coastfinderapp to hear when New York arrives.
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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.