# East Point Lighthouse + Delaware Bay Lights 2026-09-07 · East Point Lighthouse / Delaware Bay Lights Challenge stop · Maurice River area, New Jersey · Event Two Challenge site credits at one physical stop: East Point, New Jersey's second-oldest standing lighthouse, plus photographic interpretation of the bay's offshore lights. Two Challenge site credits at one physical stop: East Point, New Jersey's second-oldest standing lighthouse, plus photographic interpretation of the bay… --- This is the administrative oddity that makes the Challenge total 16 sites but 15 stops. East Point and the Delaware Bay Lights are counted separately while sharing the same Challenge stop. East Point, originally Maurice River Light, was established in 1849 and is the second-oldest standing lighthouse in New Jersey after Sandy Hook. The compact Cape Cod-style keeper's house with an integrated tower stands at the mouth of the Maurice River, where fishing, oystering and Delaware Bay navigation all meet. The Delaware Bay component broadens the story beyond land-based towers. The bay once carried a network of offshore lights — structures such as Brandywine, Miah Maull, Fourteen Foot Bank, Ship John Shoal and others that could not simply be visited by car. The Challenge interprets them photographically, which is not a shortcut so much as an acknowledgment that maritime infrastructure often lived in the water because that was where the hazard was. One operational caution matters in 2026 planning: the Challenge organization has used an off-site Maurice River/Leesburg location for this combined stop in its published route directions in recent years. Participants should use the organizer's final 2026 address, not assume the stamp table will be at the lighthouse tower itself. Project-management note This stop is the hinge between coast and river. Verify the exact 2026 location on the week of the event. Then protect the next transfer: the Challenge's published directions estimate roughly 50 miles and more than an hour from the East Point area to Finns Point. Worth noticing nearby The Maurice River and Heislerville marshes are major birding and working-waterfront landscapes. This is one of the places where the drive itself becomes the attraction — open marsh, tidal water and a South Jersey scale that feels radically different from the barrier islands you just left. Stop facts Stop13TypeTwo lighthouse sites / one stopAddressConfirm organizer's final 2026 Challenge address (Maurice River / Leesburg area)TownMaurice River areaFirst lit / builtEast Point established 1849ClimbTower access per site rules; Delaware Bay component is interpretive2026 night climbNoDefault dwell30 min SOURCE NOTES • USCG Historian — East Point • Lighthouse Challenge — Challenge sites --- ProbleMattic is written and maintained by Matthew Kulcsar, a software engineer, project manager, technologist, platform builder, emergency-services-trained helper, grandfather, and lifelong collector of broken systems, odd behaviors, and useful nonsense.