Boathouse
Boathouse is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's Dwelling, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1930
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 10 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brewster Island: 0.0 mi
- Great Brewster Island: 0.4 mi
- Shag Rocks Island: 0.5 mi
- Middle Brewster Island: 0.8 mi
- Calf Island: 0.9 mi
- Allerton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 2.7 mi
- White Head: 3.6 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.3 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 4.4 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 5.8 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 5.9 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 5.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 7.3 mi
- Fight the Rise: 7.6 mi
- Rise: 7.7 mi
- Abigail Adams: 7.8 mi
- Fort Revere: 1.7 mi
- Battery Vincent: 1.9 mi
- Fort Warren: 1.9 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 2.0 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 2.1 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 7.7 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 7.9 mi
- Eastie Farm: 7.9 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 2.1 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 2.6 mi
- Hampton Beach: 4.1 mi
- Little Beach: 4.3 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.7 mi
- The Graves: 2.8 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 4.7 mi
- Weir River Woods: 4.7 mi
- Emery Preserve: 4.7 mi
- George Washington Boulevard Lagoon: 4.7 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 6.3 mi
- USS Salem: 7.2 mi
- United First Parish Church: 7.8 mi
- Herring Run: 8.1 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 8.3 mi
- East Head: 2.6 mi
- Middle Head: 2.9 mi
- Long Island Head: 3.3 mi
- West Head: 4.5 mi
- Nut Island: 4.6 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 10.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 10.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 0.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.0 mi
- Rainshed: 0.1 mi
- Boston Light: 0.1 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 22.2 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 13.2 mi
- Haywardville: 13.9 mi
- Dogtown: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Boathouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | SW 225° | 74 m | 9.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | S 169° | 72 m | 9.5 mi |
| Penns Hill | SW 220° | 61 m | 8.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSE 162° | 57 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | SSE 160° | 56 m | 9.7 mi |
| Scituate Hill | SSE 153° | 54 m | 7.0 mi |
| Forbes Hill | SW 235° | 54 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whites Hill | SSW 209° | 53 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.05 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Boston Light, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/212121732
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