See the Historic Lighthouses of Upstate NY

This iconic 1833 Buffalo Lighthouse was first lit in 1833 and served until 1914 and was the second of four lights marking the main entrance to Buffalo Harbor.

The first natural gas lighthouse in the country, the 40-foot tall Barcelona Lighthouse was established in 1829, in Barcelona Harbor (originally Portland Harbor).

This lighthouse is set in an area called Bogus Point, named for its reputation as a drop-off point for counterfeit smugglers coming across Lake Ontario.

Built in 1901, this breakwater lighthouse's original tower now stands to welcome travelers arriving in the Cape Vincent area by land rather than by sea.

Touted as Lake Ontario's oldest surviving lighthouse, the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse is an 1822 octagonal stone lighthouse in the northern Rochester.

Dunkirk Light, also known as Point Gratiot Light, is an active lighthouse located on Lake Erie and features a rare third order Fresnel lens installed in 1857.

This lighthouse is located in the shipping channel leading to the St. Lawrence River, where shallow depths range from 10 meters to as low as 1 meter.

For the early settlers of America, the Fort Niagara Lighthouse served to mark the one of the few natural harbors on Lake Ontario and a vital portage route around Niagara Falls.

Erected in 1820, Galloo Island Lighthouse was the first American lighthouse built on Lake Ontario and today is privately owned.

Golden Hill State Park includes the decommissioned landmark, The Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse, which is available for rental year-round.

Erected in 1831, Horse Island Light, also known as Sackets Harbor Light, is today privately owned.

Located in the middle of the Hudson River, the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of only seven remaining lighhouses on the river.

Built in 1926, this waterfront park offers hiking trails, ballfields, children’s play areas, benches overlooking the Hudson River, picnic areas, and a newly renovated 1926 bathhouse.

In operation from 1871 to 1916, this lighthouse along with the keeper’s house was originally built on a pier on the west side of the Oak Orchard River.

The Olcott Harbor Lighthouse was erected in 1873 at the mouth of Lake Ontarion and 18-Mile Creek (named for being eighteen miles from the Niagara River at Lake Ontario).

The West Pierhead Lighthouse is the fourth lighthouse to stand watch over the mouth of the Oswego River since 1822 and is still active today.

The H. Lee White Maritime Museum offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to boat across Oswego’s scenic harbor and explore the West Pierhead Lighthouse

Located in the St. Lawrence River, Rock Island Lighthouse is located about 4.5 miles northeast of Clayton in the Thousand Islands.

The last of three lighthouses marking the entrance to the Rondout Creek, the Rondout Lighthouse is still fully operational as a navigational light and one of only seven remaining on the Hudson River.

Whether it is fishing, relaxing or discovering a unique historic landmark, Salmon River Lighthouse Marina offers the chance to enjoy it all.

Built in 1869, the red-brick lighthouse stands as a landmark beacon on the Hudson River, at the mouth of the Esopus Creek.

Also known as the Tarrytown Light and Kingsland Point Light, this historic lighthouse was first lit in 1883 and served to warn ships away from dangerous shoals on the east side of the Hudson River.

The historic Sodus Bay Lighthouse was built in 1870 and today features s a maritime museum, research library, and small gift shop.

Sodus Outer Light is located at the end of the western of the two piers defining the channel from Lake Ontario into Sodus Bay.

Located on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay, the original Stony Point Lighthouse was lit in 1869 and it was automated in 1950.

Constructed in 1847, Sunken Rock Light is just offshore from Alexandria Bay in the shipping channel between Wellesley Island and the mainland.

Built in 1875, Thirty Mile Point Light, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, is part of Golden Hill State Park and is available for rental year-round.

Just 17 miles from Clayton, Tibbetts Point Lighthouse marks the point where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence River.