Nantucket Harbor Range Lights - Massachusetts - GoXplr

Nantucket, Massachusetts

The Nantucket Harbor Range Lights are unique structures found in the Brant Point neighborhood on Nantucket. They once played a key navigational role.

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About This Location

The Nantucket Harbor Range Lights are unique structures found in the Brant Point neighborhood on Nantucket. They once played a key navigational role.

Lighthouse Specs

Year Constructed: 1908
First Lit: 1908
Construction: Wood
Tower Shape: Pyramidal Skeleton Towers
Height: 46 feet (rear light) and 30 feet (front light)
Focal Height: 51 feet (rear light) and 35 (front light)
Markings: US Coast Guard KRW daymark pattern
Characteristic: Flashing white
Status: Higher intensity beam to seaward. Lighted throughout 24 hours.

Category:

Lighthouses in Massachusetts

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Locations

Address:

10 Easton Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts

GPS Coordinates:

Front light is located at 41.289889, -70.092333. Rear light is located at 41.289278, -70.092056.

Directions to location:

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Parking Notes:

The lighthouses are located at the US Coast Guard Station Brant Point which is private property. Fortunately, they both can be seen from the road. Visitors are welcome to park down the road in the dirt lot at the Easton Street rotary. That said, most visitors simply walk or bike.

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