Barnegat Light, New Jersey

About Barnegat Light

Barnegat Light is a tiny community in southeastern New Jersey with an estimated population of 641.

Barnegat Light holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 0.83 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 772 residents per square mile.

📰 Barnegat Light News Today

• Dead whale washes ashore in Barnegat Light, New Jersey 6abc Philadelphia · Aug 18
• Station Barnegat Light crew navigates breaking surf [Image 2 of 7] DVIDS · Oct 1
• Day Trip Guide: How to Spend 24 Hours on Long Beach Island Main Line Today · Sep 25
• Barnegat Light’s Ernie Panacek passes at 75 National Fisherman · Jan 29
• Dead 43-foot fin whale remains grounded near Barnegat Light with no immediate removal plan News12 | New Jersey · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest New Jersey headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Barnegat Light Unique

• The only place in America named Barnegat Light — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southeastern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of New Jersey — one of 700 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Barnegat Light

• Daymark
• How You Brewin Coffee Company — coffee shop (café)
• La Riva — pizza
• Mustache Bill's Diner — sandwich (café)
• Viking Fresh Off the Hook — seafood
• 18th Street Cafe
• Kelly's Old Barney Restaurant and Dairy Queen
• Kubel's Resturant

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Barnegat Light Museum & Edith Gwinn Gardens · Museum
• Barnegat Lighthouse · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Barnegat Light

• Barnegat Lighthouse State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bay Breeze Park reviews ★
• Sedge Islands Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Barnegat Light

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