Since MSFS City Update 11, I've been planning to pay a (virtual) visit to the Montauk Point Lighthouse which has got a special mention in the description of City Update 11, as part of the New York (and Long Island) scenery. So, in this post, I start out from (nearby) Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport (KHVN), setting my sight (and my GPS) directly aimed at the Montauk Point Lighthouse (btw, due to some reason I could not pull it up on the MSFS Flight Plan as a Point of Interest, so, I'd to manually enter its Google Earth (LAT/LONG) Co-ordinates into my Flight Plan, see EFB images). My (direct) flight distance today, across the oceanic estuary of Long Island Sound, is only ~ 70 miles, whereas the (circuitous) roadway distance in RW is nearly 2.5 times this flight distance.

I've been a lifelong enthusiast of lighthouses....🙂... There is something unique about lighthouses that has always drawn (probably many of) us to them with an inexplicable sense of mystery, intrigue, and loneliness. It has been so for me as far back as I can remember. I've particularly often wondered what the life of a lighthouse keeper must be...left alone in the abject isolation (with important and clockwork responsibilities and duties). With the advent of modern GPS navigational technology, which I've thankfully got to use for my flight today; the lighthouses may have lost some of their critical role in the modern era, compared to the olden seafaring days of daring adventures and sea voyages.

The lighthouses (and their keepers) are strategically positioned at the farthest extensions of land, coastlines, islands, and rocky outcrops, exposed to some of the harshest weather conditions imaginable, including treacherous waters, high winds, and intense storms. The lighthouses are, however, built tough, known for remarkable longevity, lasting for many generations, and always associated with picturesque and stunning scenery. 

When I'd visited Lake Superior, the northernmost of the Great Lakes of North America, one of the first things that had come to my mind, the Lake being mentioned as the graveyard for ships and shipwrecks, testament to the treacherous conditions of the lake and the intense maritime activity that has occurred there for centuries. On that same road trip, I had a chance to visit a couple of lighthouses, on the Michigan Peninsula (I'm told there are a total of 40 lighthouses on the Upper Michigan Peninsula itself), culminating in a visit to the lighthouse in Mackinaw City, at the northern tip of Michigan on the Mackinac Island. From Mackinaw City, I'd travelled on further north to the quaint twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie (one in Michigan/USA and the other in Ontario/Canada). I'd also visited a lighthouse in Sault Ste. Marie, on the shores of Lake Superior.

Here, for this flight, I've flown the (default MSFS) DHC-2 Beaver (Amphibian), developed by Blackbird Simulations (in the factory paint of Blackbird livery). This DHC-2 SIM is a versatile (and well-simulated) aircraft which I like a lot. I've set the (flight) cruise altitude to only 200 ft on the Bendix/King KAP 140 Autopilot (see image), and maintained this altitude, right after lift-off all the way to the lighthouse (after all, the lighthouse itself is 111 ft tall, and it's only the serene and level waters of the Atlantic Ocean, that I have to worry about en route...🙂...). I've finally landed on the water in the vicinity of the lighthouse.

Though the structures of the lighthouse (with PG on; usually not a good thing for me in Xbox) seemed to resemble RW pictures of it, some melted mass and irregular features were apparent (especially in the top part of the lighthouse, the so-called balcony or gallery). I'm thinking, on the PC, there should be more accurate rendition of this lighthouse. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this collection of images from my trip today to the Montauk Point Lighthouse, which is the 4th-oldest active lighthouse in the U.S., standing tall for more than two centuries, as a solitary sentinel. With a touch of emotion, I finally bid farewell to it...leaving it behind in its own reclusive setting that it prefers... 🙂... (see my last image) ... 

Thanks for viewing...!

Edited July 28, 2025Jul 28 by P_7878

Interesting excursion (but probably not what Virginia Woolf had in mind 🙂).

12 minutes ago, John F said:

Interesting excursion (but probably not what Virginia Woolf had in mind 🙂).

Thanks for catching my post on a slow Monday evening around here ...🙂...Yes, actually, I wished to start the text by making a reference to the novel (no, it's not that...🙂...), but it slipped my mind...

Cheers...!

Fine set, looking good that Lighthouse place !

cheers 😉

5 hours ago, pmplayer said:

Fine set, looking good that Lighthouse place !

cheers 😉

Appreciated the comment, pmplayer. Glad you liked, and, yes, it was worth a (virtual) trip to this Lighthouse.

Long Island is supposed to be beautiful along with all these coastlines. I have a few acquaintances there but never been to it IRL. Maybe one day... 

Cheers...!

rmeier: 

Glad you liked the images from my trip to the Lighthouse...🙂...

 

Folks:

(Now that I'm back to the city...🙂...after (virtually) visiting this Lighthouse...) ...

I've mentioned above how the lighthouses have always drawn me with a sense of mystery and intrigue, including thoughts about the lonely lives of those lightkeepers, so I did a bit more reading about the keepers of this Lighthouse.

Below are a couple of excerpts. Please find and read the full article, on-line, if you wish. I am myself not a big believer of Ghostly existences...🙂..., but I would be a bit worried left alone in that Lighthouse...especially on a dark and stormy night...🙂...See below...

"This is an old building, and there’s things to get used to and … we have a ghost. Her name is Abigail, the newlywed bride of a ship’s captain that shipwrecked here. She was the only survivor; she crawled up to the lighthouse and ever since waits for her captain to return..."

“When Marge was leaving, I asked her, ‘What do I need to know?’..." [Note: Marge was the previous lighthouse keeper for 31 years.]. She said, ‘Yes. Never go in the basement or the attic after dark.’ I said, ‘What does that mean?’ She said, ‘Abigail. I would never go in the basement or attic after dark because of Abigail.’

“So, my first night, before the quarter’s construction began, I was sleeping there on the air mattress, and there was a thunderstorm. I get a call around 10:30 p.m. from our historian, who says, ‘We forgot to shut the windows in the attic. We need you to go up and shut them.’”

Oh well...I'll let you find out on your own...🙂...what happened next...

Cheers...!

32 minutes ago, P_7878 said:

Oh well...I'll let you find out on your own...🙂...what happened next...

That's "novel worthy" leave the audience hanging!!!  🙂 

1 hour ago, rmeier said:

That's "novel worthy" leave the audience hanging!!!  🙂 

Oh well...I can't leave you hanging and frantically looking for the article on-line...🙂...So, here you go, in the words of the lighthouse keeper himself:

“I still had never even been in the attic. I went up the stairs. It’s pitch dark. I get there, and something goes across my face. I started swinging my arms around, and then it stopped. I walked forward a little more, and it went around my face again, and I flung my arms, and sure enough a string wrapped around my hand. I pulled it and it was the string from a light bulb; that’s what was going across my face..."

So, it wasn't the Ghost of Abigail...after all...🙂...BTW, the exact same thing recently happened to me too in my own basement in the dark...and I'm not in a Lighthouse...🙂...