Lighthouse Jones

I took a boat out to Alcatraz Island to tour the famous prison and view the light too. Seeing the island from the shore while in Frisco, it was nice to actually go out to the island and view the light (and prison) up close. I also saw the remains of the Mile Rocks lighthouse [...]

After arriving In San Francisco on a wet and cold day, I drove over towards the Golden Gate Bridge, where I visited the Fort Point National Historic Site and the lighthouse atop the fort. The fort wasn’t open at the time, but I was able to get a better and sunnier view of the lighthouse [...]

The first Toronto light I viewed was actually in Oakville (Oakville light). I then saw the two Toronto East lights before snapping a quick picture of the Queen’s Wharf light in downtown Toronto. I next took a ferry across to Toronto Island, where I visited the Gibraltar Point lighthouse. I was also able to view [...]

After spending the morning and early afternoon in Niagara Falls, I headed north to Niagara-on-the-Lake, where I viewed the two Niagara River lights. I then continued west along Lake Ontario, where I next stopped to see both the Port Dalhousie lights, and then the 2 Burlington lights.

While driving along Lake Erie towards Niagara Falls, I viewed the following lights on the way: Long Point Cut, Port Dover, Port Maitland, Mohawk Island, and the two Port Colborne lights. I was also hoping to view the Point Abino light, but the security guard said I was a week too early and would not [...]

The first lighthouse I visited on my five-day southeast Ontario excursion was the Port Burwell light. The oldest lighthouse on the Canadian side of Lake Erie, I got the opportunity to climb to the top of the 1840 wooden classic.

I concluded my tour of New England lighthouses in Connecticut this past weekend, where I made my first stop along the coastline at the Five Mile Point light in New Haven on Saturday afternoon. I was also able to view the Southwest Ledge light out in the water. I then drove west to Stratford to [...]

During my lighthouse trip to Maryland at the beginning of August, I found out about the Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey, which was held this weekend. I ended making up my own ‘New Jersey lighthouse challenge’ at the end of August, where I visited all the lights along the Jersey shore, but there were a [...]

After spending Saturday night in Mystic, Connecticut, I visited the Mystic Seaport, where I saw the replica lighthouse of the Brant Point light in Nantucket. I then drove over to Watch Hill, Rhode Island to visit the lighthouse there. I next took a boat ride that went past the Watch Hill and Stonington lights, along [...]

After flying into Providence, Rhode Island Saturday morning, I drove down to Quonset Point to board a lighthouse cruise that sailed by 10 different lights – Poplar Point, Plum Beach, Dutch Island, Whale Rock (only the ruins remain), Beavertail, Castle Hill, Lime Rock, Newport Harbor (Goat Island), Rose Island and Conanicut. Afterwards, I drove further [...]