Cumberland Head Light

Cumberland Head Light is a lighthouse on Lake Champlain's Cumberland Bay in New York state. The lighthouse was established in 1838 and the tower was first lit in 1868.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
Also known as: “Cumberland Head Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gordon-Center House.

Gordon-Center House

Heritage site

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Gordon-Center House is a historic house on West Shore Road in Grand Isle, Vermont. Probably built in first quarter of the 19th century, it was long been associated with the nearby ferry service to Plattsburgh, New York, and is one of the town's few surviving 19th-century stone buildings. Gordon-Center House is situated 2 miles east of Cumberland Head Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumberland Head and Plattsburgh.

Cumberland Head

Village

Cumberland Head is a census-designated place and region of the town of Plattsburgh in Clinton County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cumberland Head had a population of 1,735. Cumberland Head is situated 2 miles northwest of Cumberland Head Light.

Plattsburgh

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Plattsburgh is a small city on Lake Champlain in New York's North Country. From the viewpoint of a visitor on foot, it is very walkable, with enough streets lined with beautiful houses, interesting historic buildings and monuments and pleasant waterfronts with paths, a bridge or two and pleasant vistas to reward a day or two of your time.

Parc

Village

Parc is a location and census-designated place in Clinton County, New York, United States. The name "Parc" is derived from the official name for the 3,447-acre industrial site, which is PARC, an acronym for the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation. Parc is situated 4 miles southwest of Cumberland Head Light.

Cumberland Head Light

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.69152° or 44° 41′ 30″ north

Longitude

-73.3852° or 73° 23′ 7″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

87P8MJR7+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6540402347

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

5114358

Wikidata ID

Q5193898

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In Other Languages

“Cumberland Head Light” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Cumberland Head”
French: “Phare de Cumberland Head”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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