Baughan's Northeast Guide to

Lighthouses on the Massachusetts coast
Aquinnah through Bourne

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Massachusetts Light Stations - List of lighthouses with statistics, general information and photos.

Massachusetts Lighthouses - Contemporary color photographs of selected lighthouses.

Massachusetts Lighthouses - Contemporary photos of many of the lighthouses in the state, from Boattalk.com.

Massachusetts Lighthouses - Links to information on lighthouses statewide.

Massachusetts Lighthouses - List of and links to information on the various lighthouses in the state, many of which have significance but are not open to the public.

Massachusetts Lights - Descriptive information, history and large, contemporary photos of several lighthouses and stations in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism - Lighthouses - Overview of the lighthouses, with photos and links to further information.

New England Lighthouses: Massachusetts - Guide to lighthouses in the state, with history and photos. Also provides information if overnight accommodations are available.

Aquinnah

Gay Head Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which was first lighted in 1799.

Gay Head Light - Black and white photo of station established in 1799, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Gay Head Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Gay Head Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on Martha's Vineyard, near Aquinnah, Massachusetts.

Barnstable County

Lamps Unto My Fleet - Extensive narrative by John Lockwood, along with contemporary color photographs.

Lighthouses of Cape Cod - Jay Pulli provides images and text on several of the Cape's lighthouses.

Lighthouses of Cape Cod, Massachusetts - Contemporary color photographs of selected light houses.

Barnstable

Bishop and Clerks Light - Lighthouse built in 1858 and razed by the Coast Guard in 1952. A 30-foot day beacon now marks the spot where the lighthouse stood.

Hyannis Harbor Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which had its beginnings as a shack on the beach with a lamp hanging in the window.

Hyannis (Range Rear) Light - Black and white photograph of the front light, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Hyannis (Range Rear) Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Hyannis Harbor, near Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Hyannis (Range Rear) Light - Black and white photograph of the rear light with replacement lantern room.

Hyannis (Range Rear) Light - Black and white photograph of the rear light with bird cage lantern room.

Lewis Bay Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the best viewing spot to see the privately-owned lighthouse.

Point Gammon Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse located on Great Island at the entrance to Hyannis Harbor.

Point Gammon Light - Color photographs, history and directions on the best viewing spot for the lighthouse which has restricted access.

Sandy Neck Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouse by land.

Sandy Neck Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located on the west side entrance to Barnstable Harbor.

Sandy Neck Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which began as a wooden lantern on the roof of a brick keeper's house.

South Hyannis Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouse by land.

South Hyannis Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse which is privately owned today.

Beverly

Hospital Point Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse built in the Federal design.

Hospital Point Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in the main channel to Salem Harbor, near Beverly, Massachusetts.

Hospital Point (Range Front) Light - Black and white photograph of the front range light, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Boston

Boston Harbor Light - Black and white photo of station established in 1716 on Little Brewster Island.

Boston Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on structure called the "ideal American lighthouse" by historian Edward Rowe.

Boston Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse in Boston Harbor.

Boston Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Boston Light - Contemporary color aerial photograph.

Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights - History, photos plus descriptive information on range lights located in Spectacle Island.

Deer Island Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which, today, is merely a light on a fiberglass pole.

Deer Island Light - Black and white aerial photo showing replacement tower, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Deer Island Light - Black and white aerial photo showing original caisson, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Graves Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on one of Massachusetts' youngest lighthouses.

Graves Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse named for Thomas Graves, a sea trader from Colonial Massachusetts.

Graves Light - Large color photo and brief description.

Graves Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Boston's North Channel of Massachusetts Bay.

The Graves Light - Black and white aerial photo, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Long Island Head Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which, today, has a solar powered optic.

Long Island Head Light - Black and white photograph of the 1900 tower.

Long Island Head Light - Information from the National Park Service Inventory of Historic Light Stations.

Long Island Head Light - Black and white photograph of the early tower.

Lovells Island Light - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Lovell's Island Range Lights - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse in Boston Harbor.

Narrows (Bug) Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse built at the end of the sand bar known as the Spit.

Spectacle Island Range Lights - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Spectacle Island Range Lights - History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which is situated on an island with a long and sordid past.

Bourne

Buzzards Bay Entrance Light - Black and white photo, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Cleveland East Ledge Light - Photo plus information on lighthouse located in Buzzard's Bay/Cleveland Ledge Channel, near Pocasset, Massachusetts.

Cleveland East Ledge Light - Aerial black and white photo of station established in 1943.

Cleveland Ledge Light - History, photos plus descriptive information on the last commissioned lighthouse in New England and the only one built by the Coast Guard.

Wing's Neck Light - History, photos plus descriptive information.

Wings Neck Light - Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Wings Neck Light - Color photographs, history and directions on how to reach the lighthouse by land.

Wings Neck Light - Information on lighthouse located in Buzzard's Bay, near Patuisett, Massachusetts.
    

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