Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights)
Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights) is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The original first-order Fresnel lens in the North Tower has been destroyed. Only pieces remain at the Sandy Bay Historical Society and at the brick assistant keepers dwelling.
The story
Lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States.
Dates from 1771.
Wikidata Q5034568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1861
- Height
- 37.8 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Independence Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 7 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Garden Beach: 2.2 mi
- The Headlands: 2.3 mi
- Star Island Park: 2.4 mi
- Harvey Park: 2.5 mi
- Barletta Park: 2.5 mi
- High Rock: 1.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.9 mi
- Nugent Boulders: 3.3 mi
- Pool Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.4 mi
- Cape Hedge Beach: 1.7 mi
- Old Garden Beach: 2.1 mi
- Long Beach: 2.2 mi
- Front Beach: 2.7 mi
- Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge: 0.0 mi
- Thacher Island: 0.2 mi
- Penzance Road Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Milk Island Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- DeLamater Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 3.3 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 4.7 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 4.7 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Sargent House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Peter's Pulpit: 3.8 mi
- Whale's Jaw: 3.8 mi
- The Paper House: 3.8 mi
- Prosperity Follows Service: 3.9 mi
- If Work Stops Values Decay: 3.9 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 4.7 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 5.2 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 5.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Cold Frames: 10.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 10.9 mi
- Bushee Garden: 16.5 mi
- Salem Community Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Ropes Garden: 18.4 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.7 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Winslow II: 16.8 mi
- Cat Witch: 18.1 mi
- Communion with Us: 18.1 mi
- The Headlands: 2.3 mi
- Brier Neck: 2.7 mi
- Bass Rocks: 3.4 mi
- Stage Head: 5.6 mi
- Town Head: 9.5 mi
- Tram Way: 0.1 mi
- Whislte House: 0.1 mi
- Utility Building: 0.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 0.2 mi
- Boathouse: 0.2 mi
- Rail Spring: 17.4 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 19.6 mi
- Hampton Falls: 24.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Dogtown: 4.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | WSW 256° | 78 m | 8.1 mi |
| Red Rock | WSW 259° | 70 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pool Hill | WNW 292° | 66 m | 3.3 mi |
| Morse Hill | WSW 255° | 62 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | NW 310° | 61 m | 3.6 mi |
| Browns Hill | W 263° | 61 m | 13.9 mi |
| Long Hill | WSW 247° | 60 m | 9.2 mi |
| Eveleth Hill | W 266° | 57 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:41 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:27 | 16:12 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 14 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.7 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Rockport, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000355OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/713671588
Day trips start here
- Rockport · 3 mi
- Gloucester · 5 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Manchester · 11 mi
- North Shore · 12 mi
- Hamilton · 14 mi
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