Bird Island Light
Bird Island Light is a historic lighthouse at the entrance to Sippican Harbor in Marion, Massachusetts. Built in 1819, its tower is a well-preserved example of an early 19th-century masonry lighthouse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Bird Island Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bird Island.
Bird Island
Island
Bird Island is a tiny island in Buzzards Bay at the mouth of Sippican Harbor, less than a mile off the mainland coast of the town of Marion, Massachusetts, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marion and Weweantic.
Marion
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marion is a town in Massachusetts in the SouthCoast area. It is largely a residential community with a pretty harbor.
Weweantic
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weweantic is a census-designated place in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,105 at the 2010 census. Weweantic is situated 4½ miles north of Bird Island Light.
Mattapoisett
Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.
Mattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.
Bird Island Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Town of Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6693° or 41° 40′ 10″ northLongitude
-70.71732° or 70° 43′ 2″ westOpen location code
87HFM79M+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 257496044OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4930618Wikidata ID
Q4915874
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to French—“Bird Island Light” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Lumturo de Birdinsulo”
- French: “phare de Bird Island”
- French: “Phare de Bird Island”
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