Nauset Light
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light, is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light.Photo: JT de Fife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Nauset Lighthouse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Three Sisters of Nauset and French Cable Hut.
Three Sisters of Nauset
Lighthouse
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Three Sisters of Nauset are a trio of historic lighthouses off Cable Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. The original three brick towers fell into the sea due to erosion in 1890 and were replaced with wooden towers on brick foundations in 1892.
French Cable Hut
Historic building
The French Cable Hut is a historic building in Cape Cod National Seashore, near the Nauset Beach Light in Eastham, Massachusetts. Built in 1891, the hut formed a linkage point in the transatlantic telegraph cable of the French Cable Company connecting the cable, where it came ashore near the present site to its main station in Orleans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Eastham and Orleans.
North Eastham
Hamlet
North Eastham is a census-designated place in the town of Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,806 at the 2010 census. North Eastham is situated 1½ miles west of Nauset Light.
Orleans
Photo: ToddC4176, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orleans is in Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and includes the villages of East Orleans and South Orleans. With the Rock Harbor sunsets and the Nauset surf, Orleans has the best of both Cape Cod waters.
Namskaket
Hamlet
Namskaket was a Nauset village on or near Namskaket Creek in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, near the modern border between Brewster and Orleans. Native Americans sold the site to English colonists in 1644. It is now a village in Orleans. Namskaket is situated 6 miles southwest of Nauset Light.
Nauset Light
- Categories: lighthouse and landform
- Location: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Nauset Light” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nauset Light Beach”
- French: “phare de Nauset”
- French: “Phare de Nauset”
- German: “Nauset Light”
- Japanese: “ノーセット灯台”
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