Quick post tonight, just looking for an ID for this lighthouse! A couple of friends at work who know about my non-work life had had some friends visiting. Their were somewhere around Governor's Island (at least that's what I'd thought he said) and asking about a lighthouse that they'd seen. B. described the lighthouse as being visible from the ferry. I assumed that the ferry was the Staten Island one & Governor's Island was some sort of misunderstanding of locations of things in NY Harbor & made a very confident guess of Robbins Reef Light.
I was wrong! They'd taken a picture & this is it. First thing I thought was "That's definitely not Governor's Island" -
Anybody know this lighthouse? No prize, just appreciation!
Note slightly later - B. confirmed that this picture was taken from the Staten Island Ferry. I am wondering if the rolling green area could be the Liberty National Golf Course, but in the end, I remain baffled.
Note a few minutes later - AHA! Baffled no more! I was right with my golf course idea - just had the wrong course. 5 minutes on Google Maps, and viiii-ola!
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That's very smart. I spent a fruitless quarter of an hour browsing a site about lighthouses of New York before I gave up. I almost left a comment saying, "The answer isn't in Google." But I would have been wrong.
But it looks like a lighthouse, doesn't it? That's why I'd posted this - because I had done exactly what you did & came up dry. Then I got confirmation that the picture was definitely taken from the Staten Island Ferry. Didn't recognize the view but I have spent a ton of time on the water in that area & there's only one short piece of shoreline along the ferry route that could possibly hold something that looked like that. I also knew of at least one golf club in that particular area, saw the sandtraps & realized this might be part of that course & after that, it was just a matter of looking at the Google map of that area & then looking up the websites of the 2 golf clubs I found there.
It was fun (and pretty satisfying) finally seeing that shot from the land side pop up!
My excuse is that Google maps show the 'golf course' and 'lighthouse' looking like this.
Youse got a problem widdat?
Hmm, Baydog.
Maybe this is where Jimmy Hoffa retired to.
Or possibly a still-active missile silo....
Stopping back here a year later (August, 2011), the Google Maps link now shows a golf course and 'lighthouse'.
In April, 2010, an older satellite photo just showed a lot of mud.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Ah! I had gone & looked at the Google link too. Now that you mention it, I remember the mud.
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