Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A colorful peaceful evening over Fire Island.
The Fire Island Lighthouse is a landmark on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island. The station includes the light, keepers quarters, the lens building (containing the original Fresnel lens), and a boat house.
The current lighthouse is a 168-foot stone tower that began operation in 1858. The United States Coast Guard decommissioned the light in 1974. In 1982 the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed to preserve the lighthouse. It raised over $1.2 million to restore the tower and light. On May 25, 1986 the United States Coast Guard returned the Fire Island Lighthouse to an active aid to navigation. It continues to be on the nautical charts, but since 2006 it is operated and maintained by the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society.
When the lighthouse was built it was on the edge of Fire Island Inlet and marked the western end of Fire Island. However Fire Island has extended itself through accumulating sand so that the lighthouse is now nearly five miles from the western end of the island.
The lighthouse can be accessed by a short walk from Robert Moses State Park Field 5. It is open to the public daily. Tower tours are available for a small fee.
From 1970 to 1975, the lighthouse and its surrounding area were seen in the opening and closing credits sequences of the CBS television soap opera The Guiding Light. Some of the final episode of the first season of TV show The Following was filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.
A colorful peaceful evening over Fire Island.
The Fire Island Lighthouse is a landmark on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Long Island. The station includes the light, keepers quarters, the lens building (containing the original Fresnel lens), and a boat house.
The current lighthouse is a 168-foot stone tower that began operation in 1858. The United States Coast Guard decommissioned the light in 1974. In 1982 the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed to preserve the lighthouse. It raised over $1.2 million to restore the tower and light. On May 25, 1986 the United States Coast Guard returned the Fire Island Lighthouse to an active aid to navigation. It continues to be on the nautical charts, but since 2006 it is operated and maintained by the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society.
When the lighthouse was built it was on the edge of Fire Island Inlet and marked the western end of Fire Island. However Fire Island has extended itself through accumulating sand so that the lighthouse is now nearly five miles from the western end of the island.
The lighthouse can be accessed by a short walk from Robert Moses State Park Field 5. It is open to the public daily. Tower tours are available for a small fee.
From 1970 to 1975, the lighthouse and its surrounding area were seen in the opening and closing credits sequences of the CBS television soap opera The Guiding Light. Some of the final episode of the first season of TV show The Following was filmed at Fire Island Lighthouse and surrounding buildings.
