Nobska Point Lighthouse
Woods Hole (Falmouth), Massachusetts
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Location: Woods Hole Harbor entrance, Cape Cod
Coordinates: 41 30 57 N 70 39 18 W View Nobska Point Lighthouse in a larger map |
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
In April 2016 the Town of Falmouth was granted a license by the Coast Guard to care for the light station property. A nonprofit, the Friends of Nobska Light, has been formed. Check the website for news on open houses at the lighthouse. Station established: 1829
Present tower built: 1876 Automated: 1985 Construction materials: Cast iron with brick lining Other buildings still standing: 1876 keeper's house, oil house, storage building, garage Tower height: 40 feet Height of focal plane: 87 feet Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens Present optic: Fourth-order Fresnel lens (1888) (below) 
Characteristic: Flashing white every six seconds with a red sector
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds |
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Woods Hole Falmouth Chamber Falmouth Hist. Society Cape Cod Magazine Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution New England Vacation Rentals |