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New London Harbor Light

New London, CT · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationNew London, CT (New London County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number21845
Light characteristicIso W 6s
Height of light above water89 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite octagonal pyramidal tower
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 8/1/1996 · Reference #96000822
Position41.31663, -72.08976 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 000° to 041°. Covers Sarah Ledge and shoals westward.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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