Nantucket Light
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.Photo: Simonas Agintas, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Great Point Light” and “Great Point Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge.
Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
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. Coskata is situated 3 miles southeast of Nantucket Light.
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. Wauwinet is situated 5 miles southeast of Nantucket Light.
Nantucket Light
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.39008° or 41° 23′ 24″ northLongitude
-70.04826° or 70° 2′ 54″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HF9XR2+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 213821136OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4938244Wikidata ID
Q5599792
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Nantucket Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Great Point”
- French: “Phare de Great Point”
- German: “Great Point Light”
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