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Romer Shoal Light

Highlands Borough, NJ · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

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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

LocationHighlands Borough, NJ (Monmouth County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number35070
Light characteristicFl (2)W 15s
Height of light above water54 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureConical tower, lower part white upper part brown; on black cylindrical pier
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 1/24/2007 · Reference #06001304
Position40.51302, -74.01352 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si) Operates continuously.

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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