Fort Pickering Lighthouse
Fort Pickering Light, also known as Winter Island Light, is a lighthouse built in 1871 and discontinued by the Coast Guard in 1969. It was relit as a private aid to navigation by the City of Salem in 1983.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Pickering Light” and “Winter Island Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winter Island and Salem Willows Park.
Winter Island
Island
Winter Island is an island connected by a causeway to Salem Neck in Salem, Massachusetts. It is about 45 acres in size, and is bounded by Smith Pool to the northwest, Cat Cove to the west, Salem Channel to the south and east, and Juniper Cove to the north.
Salem Willows Park
Park
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salem Willows is an oceanfront park in Salem, Massachusetts. It is named for the European white willow trees planted there in 1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at a nearby smallpox hospital.
Salem Harbor Power Station
Power station
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salem Harbor Power Station is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Salem, Massachusetts. It replaced an outdated coal-fired plant on the same site and went online in May 2018. Salem Harbor Power Station is situated 3,200 feet west of Fort Pickering Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fish Flake Hill Historic District and Charter Street Historic District.
Fish Flake Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fish Flake Hill Historic District encompasses a section of Front Street in Beverly, Massachusetts that includes a remarkable concentration of colonial buildings, and which was notable for its importance in the American Revolutionary War.
Charter Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Willjay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Charter Street Historic District encompasses a small remnant of the oldest part of Salem, Massachusetts that has since been surrounded by more modern development.
Downtown Salem District
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
Downtown Salem District is a historic district roughly bounded by Church, Central, New Derby, and Washington Streets in Salem, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and represents a major expansion of the Old Town Hall Historic District, which was listed in 1972.
Fort Pickering Lighthouse
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.52648° or 42° 31′ 35″ northLongitude
-70.86646° or 70° 51′ 59″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Inception
1871Height
28 feet (8.5 metres)Operator
Privately MaintainedOpen location code
87JFG4GM+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 257496086OpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
“Fort Pickering Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Fort Pickering”
- French: “Phare de Fort Pickering”
- French: “Phare de Winter Island”
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