Accessibility: Block Island is accessible via ferry from Point Judith, RI, New London, CT, and Montauk, NY. The lighthouse can be reached by walking about 30 minutes from the ferry terminal. If you don't want to walk and don't have a car or bicycle with you, you can hire a taxi. There is a small museum and gift shop in the lighthouse, and the tower is open for tours in the summer.

Station established: 1875
Present lighthouse built: 1875
Deactivated: 1990
Relighted: 1994
Construction material: Brick
Height of tower: 52 feet
Height of focal plane: 261 feet