Bakers Island Lighthouse
Salem, Massachusetts
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Managed by Essex National Heritage Area
Accessibility: The lighthouse can be seen distantly from Salem Willows Park and Winter Island in Salem, and from Chandler Hovey Park on Marblehead Neck. It can also be seen from Manchester-by-the-Sea's Boardman Ave/Harbor Street loop. There are also public tours in summer. Essex Heritage offers trips aboard Naumkeag from early July to early September. Click here for details. Station established: 1798 Current lighthouse tower built: 1820 Automated: 1972 Construction material: Granite Other buildings still standing: 1878 keeper's house, 1907 fog signal building, oil house, assistant keeper's house. |
View Bakers Island Lighthouse in a larger map Location: North end of Baker's Island, approach to Salem Harbor
Coordinates: 42 32 11 N 70 47 09 W Tower height: 59 feet
Height of focal plane: 111 feet Previous optic: Fourth order Fresnel lens (1855) Present optic: VRB-25 (below) 
Characteristic: Alternating white and red flashes every 20 seconds (active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation)
Fog signal: One three-second blast every 30 seconds |