Special Events

  November  2024 - January 2025​​

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November

Saturday   30     Tree Trimming Event

                           10 am – 3 pm.  Kick off the holiday season by helping us decorate our holiday tree.  Bring a                                           handmade ornament relating to the sea, nature or the Lighthouse to hang on our tree.  Free hot                                 chocolate and cookies.

 

Saturday   30      Thanksgiving Weekend Evening Tower Tour

                            4 pm - Experience the Lighthouse at night while working off some of those holiday calories. Bring                                a flashlight for your walk back to the parking field.  $20 for FILPS Members/$25 for non-members –                              Reservations  Required.  Sunset 4:27 pm. 

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December

Saturday    14     Light Keepers Behind the Scenes Tour

                            9 am – Follow one of our present day Lighthouse Keepers on his rounds.  This bottom to top tour                                takes you from the auxiliary generator and the Light Keepers workshop in the basement of the                                      Keeper’s Quarters to the beacon in the lantern room of the lighthouse tower. Learn how                                                Lighthouse Keepers in the 1860’s to 2024 maintained the light.  Includes a tour of the Lens                                            Building, which houses our original first order Fresnel Lens, and the Boat House.  Tour takes                                          approximately 2 ½ hours.  $15 for FILPS Members/$20 for non-members – Reservations required.                                  Limit 10 people.

 

Saturday   14      22nd Annual Reenactment of the Flying Santa

                            11:30 am to 12:30 pm– Relive this historic event with us.  Santa arrives at the Lighthouse.  Great                                    photo opportunity!  Come early.  Dress for the weather. Free 

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January

Wednesday   1  New Year’s Day 

                           Meet at the Robert Moses State Park Field #5 at 10 am.  Join us for a guided walk around the                                       western end of the National Seashore.  Learn about how the beach reacts to erosion and how the                               flora and fauna interact with the winter weather.  Bring binoculars if you have them.  No fee for the                               walk.  Regular fee for the Tower Tour applies.  Reservations suggested.

 

Sunday   12       Evening Tower Tour

                           4 pm- Experience the sunset from a new perspective.  View the sunset  from the top of the                                           Lighthouse.  Bring a flashlight for your walk back to the parking field. - $20 for FILPS members/$25                               for non-members. Reservations Required.  Sunset 4:47 pm. 

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Call 631-583-5901 for reservations

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