Clarks Point Light
The Clarks Point Light is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Clark’s Point Light” and “Clarks Point Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Butler Flats Lighthouse and Hazelwood Park.
Butler Flats Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the mouth of the Acushnet River. Built in 1898 by the United States Lighthouse Board, it is the only known caisson lighthouse designed by a marine architect. Butler Flats Lighthouse is situated 1 mile northeast of Clarks Point Light.
Hazelwood Park
Park
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hazelwood Park is a public park on Clark's Point in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The park occupies a plot of 23 acres on the west side of New Bedford's southern peninsula, between Rodney French Boulevard and Brock Avenue.
Fort Phoenix
Fort
Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Fort Phoenix is situated 2 miles north of Clarks Point Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bliss Corner and Fairhaven.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480. Bliss Corner is situated 2½ miles northwest of Clarks Point Light.
Fairhaven
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Smith Mills
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Mills is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Smith Mills had a population of 4,832. Smith Mills is situated 6 miles northwest of Clarks Point Light.
Clarks Point Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.5932° or 41° 35′ 36″ northLongitude
-70.90129° or 70° 54′ 5″ westOpen location code
87HFH3VX+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 6183087012OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5127584
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In Other Languages
“Clarks Point Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Clarks point”
- French: “Phare de Clarks Point”
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