New London Harbor Light

Experience breathtaking views from the New London Harbor Light, where you can see more lighthouses than from any other spot on Earth! 

In 1801, Architect Abisha Woodward of New London completed construction of the new (current) lighthouse, an 89-foot tapered octagonal tower with 19-inch-thick walls at the base. Originally left unpainted, the tower was whitewashed some time in the mid-19th century. It is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on Long Island Sound. Woodward previously had designed Bald Head Lighthouse, at Cape Fear, NC (1794), and subsequently the Lynd Point Lighthouse, in Old Saybrook, CT, and Faulkner’s Island Light in Guilford, CT, both in 1802; Five Mile Point Lighthouse in New Haven, CT, and Little Gull Light in Southold, NY, in 1805; and Black Rock Harbor Lighthouse in Bridgeport, CT, in 1808 — all in the ‘federal octagonal’ style. Only Woodward’s NL Harbor and Faulkner’s Lights remain today.

Today, the lighthouse is managed by New London Maritime Society. Tours occur over the weekend all year long.

Address: Maritime Society, 150 Bank St, New London, CT 06320
Phone number: (860) 447-2501
Hours: Tours operate on Saturday & Sunday by appointment only for up to five people. Book online.