Conover Beacon
Leonardo, New Jersey
Updated in April 2011
Name: Conover Beacon Lighthouse
Nearest City: Leonardo, New Jersey
Location: On public land off Leonardo Avenue in Leonardo
Body of water: Sandy Hook Bay
Style of lighthouse: Skeleton
Lens & Location:
Other Lens:
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations: The Friends of Conover Beacon Society
Groups to join: New Jersey Lighthouse Society
Owned by: Monmouth County, New Jersey
Managed by: Middletown Township
National Register of Historic Places: No
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Photographed it: several times, the last visit was on March 31, 2009
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Latitude: 40.42133 Longitude: -74.0556
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Nearest City: Leonardo, New Jersey
Location: On public land off Leonardo Avenue in Leonardo
Body of water: Sandy Hook Bay
Style of lighthouse: Skeleton
Lens & Location:
Other Lens:
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations: The Friends of Conover Beacon Society
Groups to join: New Jersey Lighthouse Society
Owned by: Monmouth County, New Jersey
Managed by: Middletown Township
National Register of Historic Places: No
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Other Lighthouse Information:
This tower was originally the Waackaack Front Range Light. Later Conover Beacon worked together with the Chapel Hill Rear Range light to guide mariners through the narrows by way of the Chapel Hill Channel. The lighthouse is not far from the Earl Naval Weapons Station Base. This is the last standing tower of its type in America. It was put on the Lighthouse Digest's Doomsday List.The Lighthouse Hunters Experience:
When we visit this lighthouse we park on the side of Leonardo Avenue and walk on the public beach. I often remember hearing a barking dog from behind a resident's fence. It was nice to be here after a snow fall. I just had to be careful not to accidently slip off the beach and go into the icy water.Photographed it: several times, the last visit was on March 31, 2009
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Latitude: 40.42133 Longitude: -74.0556
For directions click Google Maps
Photo taken on February 25, 2004
Photo taken on February 17, 2007
Photo taken on February 17, 2007
Photo taken on March 31, 2009
Photo taken on February 25, 2004
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