Brant Point Light
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Brant Point Light is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Childrens Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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. Four of the others burned or blew down, two were condemned, two were unsatisfactory, and the remaining one stands unused.
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Dates from 1901.
Wikidata Q4957614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1901
- Height
- 7.9 m
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Dock: 0.5 mi
- North Beach Street: 0.8 mi
- The Creeks: 0.9 mi
- Pesthouse Pond: 0.9 mi
- Pesthouse Rd.: 0.9 mi
- Childrens Beach: 0.4 mi
- South Beach: 0.7 mi
- Clean Shore: 0.7 mi
- Rest House Shore: 0.8 mi
- Pest House Shore: 0.8 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 0.5 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 0.6 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 0.7 mi
- Oldest House: 0.8 mi
- Hadwen House: 0.9 mi
- Lilly Pond: 0.8 mi
- Coffin Park: 0.8 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 0.9 mi
- Consue Springs: 0.9 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.9 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 1.4 mi
- Fudge Hill: 1.7 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 2.4 mi
- Swain Hill: 2.7 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 0.9 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 1.8 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 6.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 6.5 mi
- cannon: 22.8 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- Squam Head: 5.7 mi
- Sankaty Head: 6.6 mi
- Wasque Point: 19.3 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Whale Tail: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brant Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | E 99° | 33 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 287° | 28 m | 21.3 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | E 101° | 26 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sauls Hills | E 100° | 23 m | 4.3 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SW 234° | 22 m | 1.4 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 285° | 22 m | 20.5 mi |
| Macys Hill | E 100° | 19 m | 3.4 mi |
| Fudge Hill | E 97° | 18 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 87002029OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Brant Point Light Station, reference 87002029, listed 09/28/87.
OpenStreetMap element way/713398764
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