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Penfield Reef Lighthouse

Fairfield, CT

This isolated lighthouse stands more than a mile offshore on a dangerous reef. Its best-known legend concerns keeper Frederick Jordan, who drowned in 1916 and was later said to return as a protective ghost. There is no casual public walk-up access; view it from shore or by boat.

Filed under haunted: hotels, theatres, prisons and back roads with a reputation.

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Source: history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1970153/penfield-reef-lighthouse/

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