Fresnel Lens
Fresnel Lens is a building in Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Fresnel Lens is situated nearby to Nantucket Life-Saving Museum, as well as near the protected area Polpis Road Bike Path Cr.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nantucket Life-Saving Museum and Brant Point Light.
Nantucket Life-Saving Museum
Museum
The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum of Nantucket, Massachusetts is a small, seasonal, non-profit museum dedicated to the history of shipwrecks off the Nantucket coast and in Nantucket Sound.
Brant Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Denimadept, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987; it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights. Brant Point Light is situated 2½ miles west of Fresnel Lens.
Nantucket Harbor Range Lights
Tower
The Nantucket Harbor Range Lights are range lights that were built in 1908 to guide vessels through the narrow channel to Nantucket Harbor. They replaced an older arrangement involving the Nantucket Beacon and the Brant Point Light, which became unusable when the latter was replaced with a new tower. Nantucket Harbor Range Lights is situated 2½ miles west of Fresnel Lens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawkemo and Polpis.
Shawkemo
Hamlet
Shawkemo is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 16 feet. The name Shawkemo is an Indian word meaning "middle field of land". Shawkemo lies 4 miles west-northwest of Siasconset.
Polpis
Hamlet
Polpis is a village in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 7 feet. The different spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1900. The community lies 3.5 miles northwest of Siasconset. Polpis is situated 1½ miles east of Fresnel Lens.
Nantucket
Town
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Nantucket is an island in Massachusetts, United States, about 30 miles south of the Cape Cod peninsula. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government. Nantucket is situated 3 miles west of Fresnel Lens.
Fresnel Lens
- Type: Building
- Location: Town of Nantucket, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.29108° or 41° 17′ 28″ northLongitude
-70.04492° or 70° 2′ 42″ westOpen location code
87HF7XR4+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1019677308OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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