Lost Lighthouses
​of the Hudson River

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Lost Lighthouses of the Hudson River

Over the decades, more than a dozen lighthouses have been destroyed by ice, dismantled, or otherwise rendered obsolete. No lighthouse structures other than the seven current lighthouses remain on the Hudson River, although many former houses have been replaced with modern "skeleton" lights on poles and permanent scaffolding. 

To determine this list of "lost" lighthouses was not easy, but research with the National Archives and Records Administration as well as newspapers of the time period have helped us track down even the most obscure of the lighthouses. The following list has been compiled using that research. This list starts in New York City and moves north, in geographical order (to the best of our knowledge), and includes all known lighthouses, lights, and beacons on the Hudson River, including extant lighthouses. Some of these lighthouses are little more than a name in a newspaper article. Others we have extensive records and histories for.

To find out more about each lighthouse, click on the link (more pages forthcoming!) or visit our interactive map.
  1. Statue of Liberty
  2. Jeffrey's Hook (a.k.a. "Little Red") Lighthouse
  3. Sleepy Hollow (a.k.a. Tarrytown, a.k.a. Kingsland Point) Lighthouse 
  4. Rockland Lake Lighthouse 
  5. Stony Point Lighthouse
  6. Anthony's Nose Light
  7. West Point Lighthouse 
  8. Cold Spring Light
  9. Danskammer Lighthouse
  10. Esopus Island Light
  11. Esopus Meadows Lighthouse
  12. Rondout Lighthouse
  13. Saugerties Lighthouse
  14. Upper Coal Beds Light
  15. Livingston's Creek Light
  16. Catskill Light
  17. Purser's Beach Light
  18. Hudson-Athens Lighthouse
  19. West Flats Light
  20. Four Mile Point Lighthouse
  21. Narrow Channel (a.k.a. Lamphear's Dock) Light
  22. Coxsackie Lighthouse
  23. Stuyvesant Lighthouse
  24. Sands Spit Light
  25. New Baltimore Island Light
  26. New Baltimore Dyke Light
  27. Five Hook Island Light
  28. Coeymans Bar (a.k.a. Mull Island) Light
  29. Roha Hook Light
  30. Schodack Channel Light
  31. Mull's West Dyke, Lower End Light
  32. Mull's West Dyke, Upper End Light
  33. Nine Mile Tree Light
  34. Campbell Island (a.k.a. Cow Island) Light
  35. Baeren Island (a.k.a. Parada Hook) Light
  36. Van Wie's Point Light
  37. Crossover Light
  38. Cuyler's Dyke Light
  39. Bath Dyke Light
  40. Overslaugh Dike  Light - Troy, NY
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  • Home
    • About
    • Contact
  • Current Lighthouses
    • Statue of Liberty
    • Jeffrey's Hook
    • Sleepy Hollow
    • Stony Point
    • Esopus Meadows
    • Rondout
    • Saugerties
    • Hudson Athens
  • Lost Lighthouses
    • Map
    • Full List of Lighthouses
    • Rockland Lake
    • West Point
    • Danskammer
    • Coxsackie
    • Stuyvesant
  • Film
  • Book