Lynde Point Lighthouse

Old Saybrook, Connecticut

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Location: West side of the mouth of the Connecticut River.
Coordinates: 41 16 17 N  72 20 35 W

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Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation

Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the public. It is best seen by boat.

Station established: 1803
Present lighthouse built: 1838
Automated: 1978
Construction material: Granite
Height of tower: 65 feet
Height of focal plane: 71 feet

Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel lens (1852)

Present optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (1890) (right)

Characteristic: Fixed white
Other buildings still standing: 1966 keeper's house

Previous lighthouse: Saybrook Breakwater Light
Next lighthouse: New London Harbor Light

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Related sites
Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce
Old Saybrook Historical Society

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