PLEASE RE-COVER AND REHIDE THE CACHE WELL TO DETER MUGGLES!!!
Built: 1862 Automated: 1949 Decommissioned: 1952
Situated 200 feet above sea level atop the Navesink Highlands, the "Twin Lights" has stood as a sentinel over the coastal waters of northern New Jersey since 1828. Named Navesink Lightstation, it became known as the “Twin Lights of the Highlands” as the primary seacoast light for New York Harbor. The current lighthouse was built in 1862 of local brownstone and cost $74,000. Architect Joseph Lederle designed the structure with two non-identical towers linked by keepers' quarters and storage rooms. These ""twin"" brownstone light towers are 64 feet high and 320 feet apart. Currently the north tower is open to the public and the attached dwelling houses an excellent lighthouse museum.
The Cache is an easily found camouflaged " Bison Tube with a waterproof log-pencils and felt tip pens work best" in plain sight hidden close to the "Twin Lights", but actually in part of the town park and ballfield complex. It is most easily accessed from the "Twin Lights" parking lot.The grounds are open daily from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. The building is open to the public Wednesday - Sunday from 10 AM to 4:30 PM from labor day to memorial day. Summer hours (from memorial day to labor day) are 10 AM to 4:30 PM, 7 days a week. There is no access fee. If you choose to visit the museum, a donation is suggested.
Directions: Highway 36 South to Highlands. You cannot access Portland Rd. from 36 North. Make the last right turn before the Highlands Bridge which is Portland Rd. (Off The Hook Restaurant is on the corner). Make a second immediate right turn onto Highland Avenue and pass condominiums on left. The next intersection will be Lighthouse Road, (steep angle on left). Bear left onto Lighthouse Road; follow this road into the Twin Lights parking lot.
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This is # 4 of 4 caches we have placed off Route 36 South. Several other caches placed by others are a short distance away.
- The Beach at Leonardo - Off 36 S #1 - GC167BV
- Fishing at Leonardo - Off 36 S #2 - GC167BW
- The Marina at Atlantic Highlands - Off 36 S #3 - GC168RF