Fire Island Lighthouse
This is a lighthouse that used to be on the southwestern tip of Fire Island, but now, because the sand keeps shifting southwest, it is nowhere near the tip.
Fire Island supposedly got its name because people used to build huge bonfires on the shore, northeast of the lighthouse, to make ships think it was the lighthouse. Then the ships would try to make a right into the inlet and end up destroyed in the surf--with all the valuables on board washing to shore.
Many are the hikes we took to this lighthouse. That was before people realized that they could sunbathe nude on the public beaches that lie between the private communities and the lighthouse. You'd have to be crazy to let your kids hike down there now.