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Twin Lights Historical Society

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The Twin Lights are situated 250 feet above sea level in Highlands, New Jersey.

The Twin Lights Historical Society is dedicated to preserving NJ's foremost lighthouse and museum, and to celebrate the history and culture of coastal New Jersey. They overlook the Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay, New York skyline and the Atlantic Ocean. Twin Lights have been used as an aid to navigation over the coastal waters of NJ since 1828. The light station served as the primary lighthouse for New York Harbor and was known as the best and the brightest light in North America.

10/30/2026

On this day in 1939…Indiana Harbor lighthouse keeper Howard Wainer retrieves an abandoned rowboat containing 25 decoys, a sh***un and several freshly shot ducks. The thankful owner, whose knot-making leaves much to be desired, picks up his boat and gifts Wainer with the ducks.

10/29/2026

On this day in 1917…A flock of geese, disoriented by a storm, slams into the Rawley Point Light in Wisconsin with such force that it shatters the glass in the dome of the lighthouse.

10/27/2026

On this day in 1842…The British sloop Mary Compton is destroyed when it slams into Iron Rock Shoals near Prince Edward Island, Canada. The survivors find the lighthouse keeper bound hand and foot and the light extinguished.

10/27/2026

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10/26/2026

On this day in 1931…The popular Midwest radio program “Captain Bill the Lighthouse Keeper” debuts.

10/25/2026

1929…Among the top Jersey Shore attractions of the late 1920s and 1930s were the automotive “thrill shows” staged at Wildwood Beach. The Wall of Death featured motorcycle daredevils and racecars riding parallel to the ground on a circular board track.

10/24/2026

On this day in 1958…The French film “Manina, the Girl in the Bikini”—starring 17-year-old Brigitte Bardot as the daughter of a French lighthouse keeper—opens in US theaters. The movie was first shown in France in 1953.

10/24/2026

On this day in 1911…Ida Lewis, keeper of the Lime Rock Light in Newport Harbor since 1879, passes away at her station at the age of 69. At the time she is one of the most celebrated keepers in the US, having personally saved at least 13 people from drowning.

10/16/2026

Thanks to those who visited late Saturday!

Address

2 Lighthouse Road
Highlands, NJ
07732

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+17328721814

Website

http://www.twinlightslighthouse.org/

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