Scenery from the top of the lighthouse, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

New Jersey’s tallest lighthouse awaits you at Pacific and Rhode Island Avenues in Atlantic City (walking distance from Showboat Casino). (Third tallest in the states).

Take an amazing journey into time and above it all as you ascend the 228 steps of the Absecon Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in the country. You’ll see breathtaking views of the Atlantic City skyline and up top you’ll come face-to-face with the original first-order Fresnel Lens, first lit in 1857.

My son and I climbed those blasted steps. We stood on the outside under the light and I got this shot. I was proud of myself for doing this being that I’m 48 and it was a ton of stress on my legs and knees.

That’s Brigatine you are seeing across the inlet there.