Today, tours of the lighthouse are conducted by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. It's an inland light tower that is about a mile from the Delaware Bay. Standing 115 feet tall, its light was powered by a double wick burner and kerosene vapor lamp that produced a 150,000 candlepower light. Twice a day the light keeper had to scale its 130 steps. First to extinguish the light in the morning, and again in the evening to light it.
Admission is free and tours are conducted throughout summer and through early fall.
Featured lighthouses are the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Twin Lights of Navesink, Sea Girt Lighthouse, Barnegat Lighthouse, Tucker's Island Lighthouse, Absecon Lighthouse, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, Cape May Lighthouse, East Point Lighthouse, Finns Point Rear Range Lighthouse and Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse. The Commission is looking for travel writers to participate in a fall press tour of the Jersey Shore, its beaches, its exciting attractions and legendary lighthouses. This is an excellent opportunity for your publication to discover firsthand why more than 37 million people visit the Garden State every year. Included among its features is increasing travel and tourism development for its contribution to the quality of life, prosperity and economic well being of state residents.