Lighthouse · Ogdensburg, New York

Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse

Ogdensburg Harbor Lighthouse
Photo: cisko66, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The tower was first lit in 1870 and is still an aid to navigation. Its light shows one white flash every 10 seconds, seen up to 1 nautical miles out. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A square limestone tower, its top added in 1900, on Lighthouse Point at the mouth of the Oswegatchie River in Ogdensburg; it is a private home, seen from the riverfront.

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Quick facts

TypeLighthouse
Built1870
LightFl W 10s
Position44.6978°N, 75.5033°W
From Morissette Park, Ogdensburg758 m (2,488 ft), bearing 245° WSW
SourceUSCG Light List Vol. VII 992; National Register 16000202

How to see it

Above water and inside the horizon from Morissette Park, Ogdensburg, 758 m (2,488 ft) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.

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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.