WayfarrowAvery Point Light
Lighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut
Avery Point Light is a lighthouse in Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut. Connecticut has 34 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 7 of them in Southeastern Connecticut County.
It was built in 1943, in the interwar years, making it the 26th oldest of the 28 in Connecticut with a recorded construction date; its light sits 56 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl G 4s (a green flash every 4 seconds), with a range of about 3.5 nautical miles; it was deactivated in 1967; the structure is built of concrete.
Status check, 2026-11: Finished in 1943 but not lit until May 1944 because of WWII. It went dark in 1967 and was relit on Oct 15, 2006 after restoration. Sources disagree on height (55 ft vs 41 ft), and the American Lighthouse Foundation gives 1944 as the build year. Avery Point Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 41.3152° N, 72.0636° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Focal height | 56 ft |
| Light characteristic | Fl G 4s |
| Range | 3.5 nautical miles |
| Deactivated | 1967 |
| Material | concrete |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 41.31522, -72.06361 |
Nearby places
- New London Ledge Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 0.9 mi
- New London Harbor Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 1.4 mi
- North Dumpling Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 3 mi
- Morgan Point Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 3.9 mi
- Noank Light 5lighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 4 mi
- Race Rock Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 5 mi
- Mystic Seaport Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 6 mi
- Latimer Reef Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 6.8 mi
- Little Gull Island Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 7.9 mi
- Stonington Harbor Lightlighthouse · Southeastern Connecticut County · 8.3 mi
- Maushantuxetghost town · Southeastern Connecticut County · 9 mi
- Watch Hill Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 10.7 mi
Questions
Where is Avery Point Light?
Avery Point Light is in Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut, at 41.3152, -72.0636.
How many lighthouses are in Southeastern Connecticut County?
Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut has 7 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.