Chatham Light
Chatham Light is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is U.S. Coast Guard Station, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 7.8 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Chatham Lighthouse, known as Twin Lights prior to 1923, is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod. The original station, close to the shore, was built in 1808 with two wooden towers, which were both replaced in 1841. In 1877, two new towers, made of cast iron rings, replaced those. One of the towers was moved to the Eastham area, where it became known as Nauset Light in 1923.
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Dates from 1808.
Wikidata Q5087672, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1877
- Height
- 14.6 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardings Beach: 2.0 mi
- Fisherman's Landing: 3.5 mi
- Strong Island Beach: 3.6 mi
- Forest Beach: 3.7 mi
- Red River Beach: 4.7 mi
- Lighthouse Park: 0.1 mi
- Kate Gould Park: 0.7 mi
- Nickerson Park: 1.0 mi
- Veterans' Park: 1.1 mi
- Larsen Park: 6.0 mi
- Ivy Lane: 0.1 mi
- Bridge Street Lot 10: 0.3 mi
- 28 Bridge Street: 0.3 mi
- Hallett Lane: 0.3 mi
- Holway Street Lot 18: 0.3 mi
- Watch Hill: 0.5 mi
- Cannon Hill: 2.5 mi
- Nauset Beach Dunes: 3.5 mi
- Grassy Nook: 6.9 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 7.4 mi
- Josiah Mayo House: 0.8 mi
- Atwood House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Chatham Shark Center: 1.9 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 2.7 mi
- Original Prop: 0.0 mi
- Mack Memorial: 0.0 mi
- The Battle of Chatham Harbor: 0.1 mi
- Chatham Settler's Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Chatham Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 1.2 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 7.5 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 8.6 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 9.4 mi
- Penniman House: 10.2 mi
- The Catch: 8.0 mi
- Chime: 14.7 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 16.8 mi
- Saint John Paul: 17.4 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 18.4 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 1.1 mi
- Indian Neck: 17.0 mi
- Salten Point: 18.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 22.9 mi
- Squam Head: 24.4 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 0.0 mi
- Nauset Light: 13.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Picnick Area: 7.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 17.5 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chatham Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | NW 324° | 165 m | 7.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WNW 290° | 60 m | 12.8 mi |
| Clay Hill | W 273° | 58 m | 21.1 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WNW 288° | 45 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mill Hill | NNW 340° | 41 m | 7.7 mi |
| Green Hill | N 349° | 38 m | 24.2 mi |
| Scorton Hill | W 279° | 35 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hokum Rock | WNW 290° | 34 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.95 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Chatham, Stage Harbor, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 87001501OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Chatham Light Station, reference 87001501, listed 06/15/87.
OpenStreetMap element way/713402256
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