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Our scheduled events for the summer are currently on hold due to COVID 19 guidelines. Please check back for more updates as we get them.
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Currently
Lighthouse Now Open
Lighthouse Museum, Tower, Gift Shop and
Lens Building are OPEN!
Face Masks are optional for all visitors
Footwear Required
Open Daily 10 am - 5 pm
Tower Open 10 am - 4:30 pm on weekends
Call for availability weekdays
Online Gift Shop
You can now shop our gift shop from the comfort of your home! Head over to our gift shop page to get some Fire Island Lighthouse products and help support the preservation society. Click here to check it out
full event list
Special Events
April- June 2022
April
Saturday 9 Light Keepers Behind the Scenes Tour
9 am – Follow one of our present day Lighthouse Keepers on his rounds. This bottom to top tour takes you from the auxiliary generator and the Light Keepers workshop in the basement of the Keeper’s Quarters to the beacon in the lantern room of the lighthouse tower. Learn how Lighthouse Keepers in the 1860’s to 2020 maintained the light. Includes a tour of the Lens Building, which houses our original first order Fresnel Lens, and the Boat House. Tour takes approximately 2 ½ hours. $15 for FILPS Members/$20 for non-members – Reservations required. Limit 10 people.
Saturday 23 Evening Tower Tour
7 pm- Experience the sunset from a new perspective. View the sunset from the top of the Lighthouse. Bring a flashlight for your walk back to parking field #5 RMSP. $20 for FILPS members/ $25 for non-members. Reservations required. Sunset 7:41 pm
June
Saturday 11 Horseshoe Crab Program
6:30 pm- Learn about Horseshoe Crabs and watch them come ashore to lay their eggs while reveling in the beauty of the evening on a June beach. Suggested donation $2 per person.
Tower open until 8 pm. at regular fees.
Saturday 11 Light Keepers Behind the Scenes Tour
9 am – Follow one of our present day Lighthouse Keepers on his rounds. This bottom to top tour takes you from the auxiliary generator and the Light Keepers workshop in the basement of the Keeper’s Quarters to the beacon in the lantern room of the lighthouse tower. Learn how Lighthouse Keepers in the 1860’s to 2020 maintained the light. Includes a tour of the Lens Building, which houses our original first order Fresnel Lens, and the Boat House. Tour takes approximately 2 ½ hours. . $15 for FILPS Members/$20 for non-members – Reservations required. Limit 10 people.
Keep your eye on our web site for our new fundraiser Bootleggers Best -Craft Cocktail Competition presented by the Fire Island Lighthouse Prohibition Society on July 16th and our annual Craft Beer Tasting on September 17th.
Contact events@fireislandlighthouse.com for advanced notice of tickets going on sale.