Little Red Lighthouse
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The Little Red Lighthouse is a small lighthouse located in New York City. It was made famous by the children's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift and Lynd Ward.
The Little Red Lighthouse stands on a small point called Jeffery’s Hook at the base of the eastern pillar of the George Washington Bridge which connects the Washington Heights neighborhood Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey. The shoreline north and south of the lighthouse makes up Fort Washington Park. Access to the lighthouse is either via a steep footpath leading down from the north side of the bridge or, somewhat more easily, via the riverside promenade leading south to Riverside Park and Riverbank State Park.
External link
- National Lighthouse Center and Museum webpage (http://www.lighthousemuseum.org/nylights/lred.htm)