Castle Hill Lighthouse

The Quick: I’m a sucker for lighthouses, and this one is no exception. You can get up close and personal to this beauty next to an amazing restaurant and beautiful lawn. If you’re eating at Castle Hill, this is a must see.

Amazing small and off the beaten tacks lighthouse. Also, what might be the best part of this lighthouse is t the lighthouse itself, but the beautiful scenery and ocean views that surround the lighthouse. It was very peaceful. Not touristy. And refreshing.

Off the beaten path, not touristy and a great lookout spot.

It took forever to find this place! You must go on the castle hill property to find it. Cute and quaint little lighthouse in a peaceful and secluded area.

Skipped the long line of cars to get to Easton’s beach (and the lobster rolls) to spend a bit of quiet time on the rocks around this cute light house. The view is so nice with the sound of the water splashing on the rocks. It would be an amazing and romantic sunset spot! So glad we decided to check it out before we drove back to NYC!

Hard to find, easy to love. It’s like the mini-​me of lighthouses!

Went here for lunch. The place was gorgeous. Definitely go a little before to just hang out on the white chairs and watch the sail boats go by.
Don’t miss out on going here

We came for the Teddy Bear Tea — extremely disappointed with the food, the service and Castle Hill in general. Not worth the price of admission at all, which is surprising given Castle Hill’s reputation. Perhaps that’s why this experience was such a let down.

This may be my favorite Rhode Island lighthouse. It is a cute little one situated on a rocky cliff above the ocean, which makes for some good pictures. It seems to belong to the Castle Hill Inn, as it is on their property and they have walking paths to get to it. I parked in their lot, but I don’t think they appreciate people doing that. But there is a marina across from the inn that I heard has public parking. You can go right up to the lighthouse which is a short and easy walk. Or you can walk further down the path and then walk across and climb over a lot of rocks to get a nice view of it from the side. It wasn’t a difficult hike, but i guess it could be for some.

A little
lonely
lighthouse
Caste Hill is a little lighthouse, only 34 feet tall and because it is sort of smushed into the rocky cliff it looks even smaller. It was built back in 1890 and because the location is so important and hazardous to ships going by a primitive watchtower was first built in the area back in 1740.
The light is unique, at least I’ve never seen another one quite like it and I’ve seen a a lot of lighthouses. It it rather squat with very roughly made granite blocks. The texture feels nice to rub your hands over and if you look carefully you can see the scars of many powerful storms.
Even though it is small, this is one tough lighthouse. It managed to survive the monstrous 1938 hurricane with little damage even though the keeper’s house and just about everything else in the area was destroyed or washed away. From a distance it looks like it is growing out of the rocks rather than sitting on top of them.
It still is an active navigation aid and can be seen 12 miles out to sea and cool views of the little light can be seen from the Beavertail Lighthouse in Jamestown if you know where to look. Castle Hill Lighthouse original had a 5^th order Fresnel lens but was automated in 1957 and the lens removed.
Even though the lighthouse can be reached from land not many people take the time to visit. No signs mark it’s location and it is it difficult to see because of it’s location in the rocks. It gain some notoriety in recent years when a tanker dumped almost 300,000 gallons of fuel oil near the rocks and again a little while later when a 350 freighter went around and almost smashed into the poor little lighthouse.
Not the one of the biggest, oldest or most powerful, it is definitely one of the cutest and most persevering lighthouses. Going about it’s job quietly and usually without notice, enduring incredible storms and everything the sea can throw at it, it remains one of my very favorites.