Our Little Western New England Lighthouse Book

Lighthouses were originally built to guide mariners on their journeys and to help them avoid hazards of the seas. This book focuses on the lights in the western portion of New England, the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont. We start in Connecticut, just east of the border with New York State. After seeing twenty (20) towers in that state, we continue east, visiting twenty-one (21) more in Rhode Island. Some of these beacons are on the shore and some are out in the Long Island Sound and Atlantic Ocean, requiring a boat cruise to view them. We then jump across Massachusetts to Portsmouth, New Hampshire before heading inland. Our trip is rounded out with a boat tour of three lights on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire and six more along the Vermont/New York border. Since we are visiting these last six from land, a fairly unique situation is presented, one of these six is in New York but must be viewed from Vermont and another is in Vermont but must be seen from New York!

Each entry will give directions on finding that structure, pertinent information on it and other interesting facts about it as well as a full-page color photograph of the tower. There is no need for a tour guide with this book in your possession. Whether you are a lighthouse aficionado who loves chasing these classic structures and or a young family on a budget who is looking for a low-cost tourist option, everyone should find something of interest in these pages. Above all, enjoy the lighthouses.