Great Point
Great Point is a region in Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Great Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Coskata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nantucket Light.
Nantucket Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Simonas Agintas, CC BY 3.0.
Great Point Light, officially Nantucket Light, is a lighthouse located on the northernmost point of Nantucket Island. First built in 1784, the original wooden tower was destroyed by fire in 1816.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coskata and Wauwinet.
Coskata
Hamlet
Coskata is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 3 feet, and it is located at, 2 miles northwest of Wauwinet.
Wauwinet
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wauwinet is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 3 feet. Named for an old local Indian chief, it lies on the northeastern coast of Nantucket Island, 4.7 miles north-northwest of Siasconset.
Great Point
- Type: Region
- Also known as: “Great Head”, “Nauma Point”, and “Sandy Point”
- Category: locality
- Location: Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.38894° or 41° 23′ 20″ northLongitude
-70.04799° or 70° 2′ 53″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87HF9XQ2+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 4095897689OpenStreetMap feature
place=regionGeoNames ID
4938243
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