Highlands, New Jersey
Source: Wikimedia Commons - Betty Ulicki
Navesink Twin Lights
Located in Highlands, in the northeast
corner of New Jersey,Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level.
It overlooks the
Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay, New
York skyline and the Atlantic Ocean. Twin Lights
has been used as an aid to navigation over the
coastal waters of NJ since 1828.
Once
the primary lighthouse for New York Harbor and
was known as the brightest light in
North America. The current lighthouse was built
in 1862 and replaced the earlier lights which
were beginning to deteriorate.. 