# Sea Girt Lighthouse 2026-09-07 · Sea Girt Lighthouse · Sea Girt, New Jersey · Event Sea Girt is the Challenge's domestic-looking lighthouse: a live-in tower integrated into the keeper's residence, the last of its kind built on the Atlantic Coast. Sea Girt is the Challenge's domestic-looking lighthouse: a live-in tower integrated into the keeper's residence, the last of its kind built on the Atlan… --- Sea Girt is the Challenge's domestic-looking lighthouse, which is historically accurate. It is a live-in lighthouse: the tower is integrated directly into the keeper's residence instead of standing as a separate masonry shaft. Built to illuminate a dark stretch between the Navesink lights and Barnegat, Sea Girt flashed its first light in December 1896. The preservation organization calls it the last live-in lighthouse built on the Atlantic Coast. Its scale is modest compared with Absecon or Cape May, but that is part of the value: this is where the labor of lightkeeping looks like a house because it was one. Project-management note This is a compact, high-efficiency stop. Do not let the small footprint fool you into overparking; follow local signs and respect the residential setting. The next stop, Squan Beach, is only a few miles away, so this is a good place to recover schedule time. Worth noticing nearby The drive south toward Manasquan stays close to classic Shore communities. If you are touring rather than racing, the Sea Girt boardwalk and Manasquan waterfront make an easy pairing with the lighthouse. Stop facts Stop4TypeLighthouse siteAddressOcean Avenue & Beacon Boulevard, Sea GirtTownSea GirtFirst lit / built1896ClimbCompact residential tower; follow site policy2026 night climbNoDefault dwell20–25 min SOURCE NOTES • Sea Girt Lighthouse --- 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.