Latimer Reef Lighthouse

Location: In Fishers Island Sound. South of Mystic, CT.

Description: 49 feet; brick-lined cast iron four-story tower; cement-filled cast iron caisson base. Original lens was Fourth Order Fresnel. White with brown stripe and green railings.

History of light:

• 1884: Constructed.

• 1983: Fresnel lens removed and replaced with 300mm optic.

Current use: Active aid to navigation.

The surrounding area: Fishers Island is to the south, Mystic CT to the north.

Public access? No.

Similar Lights: Saybrook Breakwater and Orient Point, among others.

Other information: This is one of the earlier cast-iron lighthouses, predating both the Saybrook Breakwater (1886) and Orient Point (1899) lights. Latimer Reef was originally called Latemore's Reef.

Latimer Reef Lighthouse on September 20, 1999