Pathway Lighting in Shelter Island Heights, NY

Pathway Lighting in Shelter Island Heights

Pathway lighting is the part of a Shelter Island Heights display guests actually walk through. Long Island Premier Holiday Lights lines walkways, driveway edges, and garden beds with sealed low-voltage fixtures and lanterns, spaced to match the rest of the lighting and set to come on at dusk. Long, curving approaches near the North Ferry landing get fixtures at every turn; a straight front walk gets a tight, even run. In January we pull the stakes and coil the wiring, or leave a permanent setup in place if you'd rather keep it.

The walk is the part of a Shelter Island Heights display people actually use, so we design it for feet as well as eyes. Steps get a fixture at each grade change, curves get one at each turn, and driveways near the North Ferry landing get evenly spaced stakes the full length. Everything is sealed, staked for frost, and set to come on at dusk.

Shelter Island Heights is the Victorian summer colony above the North Ferry — gingerbread cottages on the hillside, the Chequit, and the ferry landing at the bottom. So for pathway lighting here, sloped harbor lots have stairs and switchbacks that need fixtures at every change of grade. Ferry access means dedicated Shelter Island days for install and takedown.

Most Shelter Island Heights pathway installs take one to three hours depending on walkway length and fixture count. Runs are buried or tucked along the bed edge, fixtures are staked to hold through frost, and the timer is set for dusk. In January we pull the stakes and coil the wiring — or leave the setup in place if you'd like to keep it year-round.