Gansett Cruises has scheduled 9 narrated Historic Lighthouse Cruises for Coastweeks, the Celebration of Rhode Island Coast.
View Rose Island Light, Newport Harbor Light, Lime Rock Light, Castle Hill Light, and Beavertail Lighthouse from the M/V Gansett for a 75-minute cruise of Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay.
The Lighthouse Cruise costs $20 [...]
Viking Tours of Newport has closed the Lighthouse Cruises and tours of historic Newport Harbor aboard the Viking Queen. Viking Tours of Newport continues to provide Sightseeing Bus Tours of Newport.
Gansett Cruises has a new Tour boat and plans to schedule Lighthouse tours beginning in the Fall of 2007 according to a company [...]
Saybrook Breakwater Light, has been scheduled to be available in 2007 for new ownership if property rights and access issues at the end of a private road can be resolved. Interested organizations must comply with the guidelines of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
The Lighthouse is the icon of Connecticut’s [...]
Cleveland East Ledge Light, named after former President Grover Cleveland who frequently fished the area, has been determined to be excess by the U.S. Coast Guard and was made available on July 5, 2007 to eligible organizations able to comply with the guidelines of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. [...]
A Maine landmark off the coast of Kittery is available to local governments and non-profit organizations at no cost. The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that the Lighthouse is excess due to expensive maintenance costs yet, they will continue to keep access for maintaining and operating the automated beacon.
Whaleback Light was licensed to [...]
Phenomenal photograph captured by (New Zealand) Dave on Nov 18, 2006 during the 134th anniversary celebration of Pigeon Point Light after the Fresnel lens was re-lighted radiating a beam of light 148-feet above sea level. The original photo is suitable as Desktop Wallpaper to a 3611 x 2320 screen resolution.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse [...]
A unique outdoor Movie experience using the conical Lighthouse Tower as a 20 by 12-feet projection screen debut on July 1, 2005 as 500 people watched the premiere movie. The movie and mosquitoes are free to anyone attending the third season of the Lighthouse Film series. Mosquito repellent, beach towels, blankets, or lawn [...]
Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a two-story granite house with a 35-feet high Light tower extending above the roof built at the end of a submerged ledge in Long Island Sound located 1.1 miles offshore from Fairfield Beach, Connecticut near the entrance to Black Rock Harbor. The U.S. Coast Guard declared the alleged [...]
For adventurous Campers, Thacher Island Lighthouse best known as Cape Ann’s Eyes offers a rare opportunity to camp offshore under the protection of the Twin Lighthouses. For reservations to Carroll’s Campground or more information, visit the Thacher Island Association website.
On Dec 21, 1771, the Twin Lights of Thacher Island were first lit [...]
America’s oldest Fishing port and oldest art colony has become a Cruise ship destination after the Port of Boston was closed during 9-11. The Gloucester Marine Terminal, located on the old Perkins Wharf, opened in Spring 2007 as a Cruise Port.
Cruise Line passengers can view Eastern Point Lighthouse and Ten Pound Lighthouse in the [...]