Montauk Point Lighthouse

Visiting the lighthouse is a must-​see. Admission: $ 10 per person; Parking $ 8.
The grounds are beautiful and the panoramic views are spectacular, even from the bottom. If you decide to climb to the top, note that the steps are very narrow and steep. As you are climbing up, people will simultaneously be going down. When you get to the top, you are able to poke your head out and see the view, but there is no balcony to walk around. One at a time, you’re allowed to climb up a narrow ladder and peek out from the very top, but the views are obstructed since you’re essentially in a bubble.
If climbing isn’t your thing, don’t worry! The views, in my opinion, are just as good from ground-​level (and you’ll save a bit of $). Explore the grounds, enjoy the scenery, or simply watch the water from a bench.

Just an average review cuz the place closes at 4pm. Come on. It’s the summer season. Mid June and you close a park at 4pm? What happened from sunup to sundown? This was a long long drive to just walk on the near by beach, I mean everything was closed — gift shop — restaurant — everything.

One star simply because they wouldn’t let us in to the lighthouse because we had backpacks. We came up from the city and didn’t have a car. There is no checkin for backpacks. Also, they didn’t want to check the bags to see that we didn’t have anything crazy. We had the regular size Jansport book bags.
The lady said that we could leave the backpacks outside on the side by the door. That didn’t make any sense because anyone could’ve stolen our stuff.
So we just returned!
Otherwise the surrounding area is beautiful!

It has been years the last time my children and I were here. So being here them as adult is a different experience. The admission during that time was only $ 5, now it doubled. If significantly improved its tour program. Magnificent view from the top of the tower, fee includes a historical information and tour of the museum. There are beautiful things to see and purchase at the gift shop as well to the visitor center. The ground has manicured lawn, lots of seating to rest and enjoy the moment. It’s very Peaceful and serene up to the hill. There are trails around the lighthouse that could lead to the beach with a very good cliff background, and a step closer to the ocean’s best fishing point.
It’s a must to visit at the East end.

Scenery here simply beautiful. I can only review on the grounds and the beach below the Lighthouse. I cannot review on the museum itself because my husband and I decided that we would go the local route and walk down to the beach and hike up some rocks so that we could enjoy the view without paying the cost. Completely worth it. The beach below isn’t your standard swimming beach this beach was full of fisherman and boats just right off the coast catching the days catch. Which to me was simply beautiful.
Many of the Rocks were Flat so we were able to stand and enjoy the salt while staring either out at the ocean or out at the lighthouse. The ride to the lighthouse is beautiful there are a few spots where you stop for photo ops just stop to relax for a moment.
Next time I may pay for the admission but probably not I really enjoyed hiking along the rocks and seeing the catch of the day from all of the local fisherman.
One recommendation don’t wear a Maxi Skirt and Sandals to hike up the rocks you may slip.

I took my motorcycle up to Montauk last Sunday and ended up at Montauk Point Lighthouse, the very end of Long Island. It cost $ 8 to park my motorcycle, same price as a car, which is dumb. Then I had to pay another $ 10 to get into the lighthouse/​museum. It’s a cool museum, but there isn’t that much to see. You can read everything and climb to the top of the tower in about an hour.
The top of the tower is run by the government, so you can only poke your head in, but the views from the top are amazing. It’s pretty much the best reason to pay the fee. The surrounding beach is nice too, especially walking on the rocks on the coast.

Update your info. Website said you were going to be open today. Very disappointed you were closed. Call and verify. And update your website.

Visited the light house on New Years weekend. The lighthouse was closed (including restroom facilities), but we were able to get pictures from the outside. Parking was free, I guess because it was the off season. It was a nice walk down to the rocky beach (emphasis on rocky). There were also a lot of broken shells on the beach. It was extremely windy, so be prepared with a coat or windbreaker.

We visited the light house with 3 kids. On the lighthouse grounds you have the lighthouse and the museum and the gift shop. You enter the lighthouse building (up the hill) into the museum area. From the museum area, you can go up the light house. The best part was actually the museum. The historian ‚
Henry, was very knowledgeable giving all kinds of interesting info. The museum had things on history of the lighthouse and of the Montauk area and of Native Americans. If you are like my family, you will not need more than an hour (1.5 hours tops) for the lighthouse and museum. If you are going for the day, plan to walk along trails that lead around the lighthouse down to the beach, and enjoy the views, and then go another trail or downtown. You can make a full day out of your trip but the light house is just one part.
We did come back for the lighting of the lighthouse which is annually on Thanksgiving weekend. This takes some planning. It is like 4^th of July. A lot of people will be driving to the lighthouse all at once, then you have to park. You can easily miss the lighting (Santa comes to throw a big switch) if you try to get there last minute. Best to come early (before dark) and wait for the lighting (around 6pm). They have activities before the lightning, but I believe the lighthouse and museum are closed for the event. You can also walk down to the beach and there is a place to eat (lighthouse Grill). I did not eat there and they closed right before the lighting. Definitely fun but come early.

If you go during off season you may be able to skirt the $ 8 parking. It was close to $ 20 for 2 to go up. Walk through the museum and jump online to go jp. They can only have 6 or so upstairs at once so they send you up as fold leave.

The parking cost 8 $, which is ok.
The entrance to the light house is 10, which is ridiculous!
The top floor is closed. They won’t say it to you. You will climb the tower, and will attend in a crowded room with many people. One person will go up, stick his head out, and come back. This is now what you may expect. I don’t know why, but the top floor is closed. I feel that I spent 10 $ for absolutely nothing.
Beside that the area is beautiful. Wall on the beach is a must. It is the end of the world ;))

It’s a pretty nice site! I think the lighthouse itself is very pretty at sunset when the Windows reflect the red sun. I heard it’s really nice for the sunrise since it’s the eastern-​most point on the island.
When I arrived at 5pm it had just closed unfortunately, so we couldn’t get on the actual premises. However you can get quite a few nice photos from outside the gates. There is also a trail that leads around the lighthouse right down by the ocean and beach that’s nice. If you walk around you will see a sandy beach with some cliffs in the background. It’s pretty nice.

REALLY REALLY beautiful here, however, you don’t get to see all it has to offer until you pay $ 20 a person to get past a gate that allows you to walk to the lighthouse and absorb the beautiful scenery.
I am so not okay with charging people to see mother nature and history. Its ridiculous. I get you need to have maintenance done to upkeep these places, but seriously, charge to go into the lighthouse and museum then. Don’t charge someone to walk to the point and look into the beautiful ocean. Seriously!
Also, if I am paying to see this spectacular site, the least you could do is clean up all the crap at the top of the light tower where the light is housed. We got up to the top and it was a hellacious mess. Talk about killing the mood and the wonder of it all. There was trash and construction equipment and ladders and tarps everywhere. What a shame. Have some respect for the people who are paying you to keep things up and make it presentable and give them the ability to live in a moment they would never otherwise be able to experience.
Not a fan of it, not at all.
But I am a fan of what the lighthouse meant to our history and who commissioned it and when it was built. That to me, made it worth it, but if you think I am going to go to your little trinket shop afterward and drop $ 10 for a 2″ magnet that has a picture of the lighthouse on it, you can guess again.

Well I absolutely love montauk, I got engaged here and love the outer beach and just everything about it… except the old depressed 90– year old ladies (to keep it nice) working there. I’ve been here many time but today was the first time my husband and I decided to fish out 10 $ to go up the lighthouse (per person) we had family from out of the country so wanted to give them the full experience. While we were waiting in line the miserable lady who took her job way to seriously started yelling at a lady with a child saying they couldn’t go up because her child was an inch shorter meanwhile she had already paid. Whatever the situation was she was completely rude and made a scene for the poor lady with her child.
Then when you climb all the way up the lovely stairs you are met by a friendly face saying welcome ! Just kidding you’re met by another miserable 90– old worker who just sits there and looks you up and down. Like I get it but you’re at a tourist attraction your job requires you to be nice at least PRETEND to.
Anyway it’s nice to do it a one time thing. It’s a beautiful place to walk about and maintained really well. Just find new workers please.

Cool experience to do once. First $ 8 just to park your car then $ 10 for tickets to climb the 90ft up the most narrow stair case I have ever seen. The view isn’t anything, you are closed out with railings and glass bubbles. The Lighthouse is beautiful and the museum part is cool especially on the outside of the lighthouse, the view of the Atlantic is amazing.

Must go to see the end. You are a hundred miles out to sea and on a bluff hundreds of feet above the ocean looking out for miles in a 270 degree panorama. Your are Ina different world!

Beautiful, well-​maintained, historic lighthouse… And that’s nearly the end of the nice things I have to say about this place. Too bad, too, because it boasts a bunch of seemingly kid-​friendly attractions — playground right off the lower parking lot, gift shop that could be a hit with the kids, if only…
If only… the eighty year old lady manning the parking lot entrance hadn’t stared blankly at us when we rolled up, asking for a ticket. «You’ll get a ticket when I get $ 8» was her unsmiling reply to my polite, «can we get a ticket, please»
If only… The two seventy nine year olds in the gift shop hadn’t glared at me when I brought my two year old to the section of the gift shop marked, «kids corner.» One yelled from across the gift shop, «excuse me, miss, are you going to buy that» a millisecond after my two year old touched a toy stuffed animal.
If only… The gift shop lady (or the other one, I couldn’t tell) hadn’t then come after me for holding a closed (closed!) bag of goldfish crackers that I’d forgotten I was even carrying, saying «excuse me miss, there’s no food allowed in here!»
Montauk should seriously reconsider their tourism welcoming committee, otherwise not try to sell the lighthouse as a «family-​friendly» destination.

Historic, absolutely stunning with the most incredible views. Making it to the end of the island with this beauty of nature and landmark was incredible. I did take a star off only because I didn’t feel so safe climbing to the top of the light house. The staircase handle is literally a rope. I’m really surprised we aren’t given waivers to sign. This is probably the less safe I’ve ever felt in any lighthouse. But I’m glad I did it, and crossed it out of my bucket list. A couple got engaged here the day I went. What a great place for a proposal. I think I’m obsessed with this place.

Beautiful view with blue waters, lots of green around, and the lighthouse is picturesque. The lighthouse is at the very top area. There is a trail to the side near the bottom of the lighthouse to go down near the rocks and water.
The two-​seater swing chairs are a nice touch

The lighthouse and surroundings were very picturesque and the surrounding area was great to explore. At the edge of the carpark there were 3 sets of swing benches which look out onto the ocean. From behind, it looked like a beautiful postcard. You could walk down to the beach and watch the waves roll in. This beach had a lot of pebbles and rocks so be careful when you walk. You can walk along the big rocks along the bottom of the lighthouse. It was a really cool view down on the rocks.
There were also some trails but I didn’t take them.
There was an $ 8 parking fee at the Lighthouse which could also be used at the Camp Hero State Park.
Overall it was so beautiful and peaceful! Great place to go with friends, partners or families.