The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse grounds are open to the public 24/7, 365 days a year. The Visitor Center, Lighthouse Atrium and Foghorn building are open seasonally based on volunteer availability. Please refer to our  Hours of Operation for more details.

No, since the Lighthouse is still an active aid to navigation maintained by the United States Coast Guard, the tower is inaccessible to visitors. The three-acre grounds can be explored at one’s leisure. A fully stocked Gift Shop, Museum, lighthouse atrium, and foghorn building are open seasonally when staffed by volunteers. The Visitor Center includes clean restrooms.

Visitors are allowed to bring their own food and beverages to the grounds. However, this is a Carry-In, Carry-Out destination. No trash containers are provided. There are a limited number of picnic tables in our Pavilion to enjoy your lunch and our beautiful views.

Yes, a limited number of free parking spaces is provided for lighthouse guests for the duration of their visit.

Please be Advised:  Parking is reserved for the lighthouse patron vehicles only; all other vehicles are subject to be towed at the owner’s expense. There is no overnight parking allowed.

Yes - Pets are permitted on the Lighthouse grounds. Pets must remain under the control of their handler for the duration of the visit and must have a harness, leash, or other tether except for situations when the handler’s disability prevents their use. Lighthouse staff can request that the pet or service animal be removed from the property if the animal is out of control and the animal's handler does not take effective action to control it, the animal is not housebroken, or the animal poses direct threat to the health and safety of others. Visitors must pick up after their pets. Waste bags are provided at no charge.

Tibbetts Point Lighthouse prides itself on maintaining a family-oriented atmosphere that is fun and exciting for young and old alike. We ask that all guests conduct themselves in a respectful and appropriate manner to ensure everyone has a wonderful time by following these simple rules:

• Language: Be courteous and respectful of others by ensuring your language is always appropriate. Refrain from using profanity, making offensive comments, or engaging in conversations of an inappropriate nature for the duration of your visit.

• Behavior: Please ensure the members of your party behave in an appropriate manner. Unsafe, illegal, lewd, disruptive, and offensive behavior is not permitted.

• Roughhousing: Visiting the lighthouse is a lot of fun. However, for the safety of the facility and its guests, please refrain from running, jumping, or climbing in, on, or around the historic structures and grounds.

• Fighting: Abusive, threatening, or combative behaviors and altercations of a physical or verbal nature are strictly prohibited on museum property.

• Vandalism: Vandalism is an illegal act. Defacing, damaging, mutilating, or destroying facility property, artifacts, exhibits, or equipment including the alteration of computer software and moving of exhibit cases is strictly prohibited and punishable by law. All cases of vandalism will result in staff contacting local law enforcement and legal action against the offender.

• Intoxication: Individuals suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or other controlled substances will be asked to leave the lighthouse grounds for their safety and the safety of others.

In deference to other guests and for the protection of our historical buildings, please refrain from smoking or vaping at our facility.

Visitors are welcome to take all the pictures and videos they like while exploring the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, if their activity does not impede access to any public areas or interfere with the experience of their fellow guests.   Professional photographers, videographers, and film crews wishing to photograph or film on site must receive written permission from the Town of Cape Vincent.

People often ask to fly drones over Tibbetts Point Lighthouse.   For the safety of our guests and the property’s structures, flying drones anywhere over the National Historic Landmark is strictly prohibited.

• Restricted Areas: Most of the Lighthouse grounds are accessible to the public. However please respect fenced off areas for your own safety.  

• Solicitation: Unauthorized solicitation of any kind, whether commercial, religious, political, personal, or otherwise; including the sale of products and solicitations of money, donations, contributions, or support; is not allowed anywhere on the Lighthouse property.

• Lost and found: The museum’s Lost and Found is in the gift shop. Please see a gift shop volunteer if you find something that someone has lost or need to find something you have misplaced while exploring the grounds. You can also contact a gift shop volunteer by phone at (315) 654-2700 or email us at: tibbettspoint91@gmail.com regarding any items you may have lost during your visit.