Tour schedule for summer 2023
Docent-guided tours of the Lighthouse are offered on Sunday afternoons in the summertime from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend from noon to 3pm. No reservation needed. Suggested donation ...
Fifty years ago, the lighthouse went dark on Halloween night
On Halloween night of 1972, the light in the tower of the Saugerties Lighthouse was extinguished and replaced with a beacon atop a steel post. After a century as a sentinel, the building languished as ...
Trail reopen after storm damage repairs
The trail has reopened. Thank you for your understanding and patience while we cleaned up after storm damage. A storm tide combined with high winds and pounding waves in the early morning hours of Tue ...
Spring Update
The trail is open daily from sunrise to sunset. Be alert for tides and changing weather conditions. No large groups. Trailhead parking space is limited. The riverside deck is open to the public on wee ...
Dutch Racks Revisited: the puzzle of the Hudson River reaches
from Noort Rivier chart, circa 1639 Supposedly, the Hudson River was divided by the earliest Dutch navigators into fourteen reaches between New York and Albany. This factoid, though often repeated, ...
Water Keeps Time
https://www.youtube.com/embed/RI0biL8xHyI Water Keeps Time, a documentary about the Esopus Creek directed by Katie Cokinos and Guy Reed, with Alex Rappoport, videographer and editor. The history a ...
Dock project update
As we put the finishing touches on the newly constructed dock, we are preparing to welcome visitors again soon! We appreciate everyone’s patience as this project has progressed in a challenging year. ...
Trail and Dock Project Update
Dock Project Update After several prolonged and unavoidable delays, we are looking forward to the dock replacement project getting underway this fall. The contractor ordered the timber pilings and ...
Lighthouse Emergency Relief
The U.S. Lighthouse Society has created an Emergency Relief Fund to help lighthouses that have been forced to stay closed during the pandemic. We wanted to make sure that you knew about this important ...