Point Judith Light, Coastal lighthouse in Washington County, United States.
Point Judith Light is an octagonal stone tower built on a headland along the Rhode Island coast. The tower has a white lower section and a brown upper section, which makes it easy to spot from the water.
A first lighthouse was built on this headland in 1810, but a hurricane destroyed it just a few years later, in 1815. The current stone tower was built in 1856 as a sturdier replacement on the same site.
The name comes from a headland that sailors have long used as a navigation reference point. Visitors can still see how the structure guides maritime traffic through its prominent position on the water.
The tower can be viewed from the outside at any time, but access to the interior is only possible on certain occasions. Clear weather gives the best view of the surrounding water and the headland itself.
The lighthouse stands at the point where Narragansett Bay meets Block Island Sound, making it one of the trickier stretches of water along this coast. Strong currents at this spot have made navigation a real challenge for sailors for centuries.
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