Wood End

Wood End is a locality in Town of Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Wood End is situated nearby to the locality Long Point, as well as near the neighborhood West End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wood End Light and Long Point Light.

Wood End Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor.

Long Point Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Meatba11, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Long Point Light Station is a historic lighthouse at the northeast tip of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a navigational aid, it marks the southwest edge of the entrance to Provincetown Harbor.

Provincetown Public Library

Library

The Old Provincetown Public Library building is a historic building at 330 Commercial Street in downtown Provincetown, Massachusetts. Built in 1874, it served as the town's public library from then until 2002, when the library was moved to the former Center Methodist Church. Provincetown Public Library is situated 2½ miles north of Wood End.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Point.

Long Point

Locality

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

Long Point is a spit of land located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, where the peninsula curls back in on itself to form Provincetown Harbor.

Wood End

Type: Locality
Location: Town of Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.02038° or 42° 1′ 13″ north

Longitude

-70.18836° or 70° 11′ 18″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JF2RC6+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158806691

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

4956088

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