Cistern
Cistern is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tram Way, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The island’s water catchment system and concrete cistern. This system is functional, a peaked double V Bermuda style corrugated metal roof covers it.
The story
lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1771.
Wikidata Q5034568, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1861
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Independence Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 7 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thacher Island: 0.1 mi
- Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge: 0.2 mi
- Milk Island Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Penzance Road Marsh: 0.9 mi
- DeLamater Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.2 mi
- Cape Hedge Beach: 1.6 mi
- Long Beach: 2.1 mi
- Old Garden Beach: 2.1 mi
- Front Beach: 2.7 mi
- High Rock: 1.8 mi
- Great Hill: 2.8 mi
- Nugent Boulders: 3.1 mi
- Pool Hill: 3.2 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 3.6 mi
- Old Garden Beach: 2.2 mi
- The Headlands: 2.3 mi
- Star Island Park: 2.4 mi
- Harvey Park: 2.4 mi
- Barletta Park: 2.5 mi
- Motif #1: 2.4 mi
- Peter's Pulpit: 3.7 mi
- Whale's Jaw: 3.7 mi
- Prosperity Follows Service: 3.8 mi
- If Work Stops Values Decay: 3.8 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 4.6 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 5.0 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 5.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.4 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 3.1 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 4.5 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 4.6 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- Sargent House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Cold Frames: 10.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 10.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.9 mi
- Bushee Garden: 16.5 mi
- Salem Community Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.6 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Winslow II: 16.6 mi
- Cat Witch: 17.9 mi
- Communion with Us: 18.0 mi
- The Headlands: 2.3 mi
- Brier Neck: 2.6 mi
- Bass Rocks: 3.2 mi
- Stage Head: 5.5 mi
- Town Head: 9.3 mi
- Tram Way: 0.0 mi
- Utility Building: 0.1 mi
- Boathouse: 0.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- Ramp: 0.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 17.4 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 19.5 mi
- Hampton Falls: 24.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Dogtown: 4.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Cistern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | WSW 257° | 78 m | 8.0 mi |
| Red Rock | W 259° | 70 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pool Hill | WNW 295° | 66 m | 3.2 mi |
| Morse Hill | WSW 255° | 62 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | NW 313° | 61 m | 3.6 mi |
| Browns Hill | W 263° | 61 m | 13.8 mi |
| Long Hill | WSW 248° | 60 m | 9.0 mi |
| Eveleth Hill | W 267° | 57 m | 11.8 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000355OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/83415442
Day trips start here
- Rockport · 3 mi
- Gloucester · 5 mi
- Essex · 10 mi
- Manchester · 11 mi
- North Shore · 12 mi
- Hamilton · 14 mi
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