Historical Marker
Montauk Lighthouse
Historical marker location:
2000 Montauk Highway, Montauk Point, New York
( Marker is on Montauk Highway (New York State Route 27), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1976
The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.