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Clark's Point Light

Clark's Point Light, a lighthouse in Massachusetts
Clark's Point Light, a lighthouse in MassachusettsUS Coast Guard · Public domain
Clark's Point Light, a lighthouse in Massachusetts
Department of Commerce. Bureau of Lighthouses. 1913-7/1/1939 · Public domain

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Clark's Point Light is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -4 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Gaston, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

The Clarks Point Light is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898. After restoration in the early 1970s, it was relit again in 2001 by the city as a private aid.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1797.

Wikidata Q5127584, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.59320, -70.90129

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Battery Gaston: 0.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Walcott: 0.1 mi
  • New Bedford Merchant Mariners: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Cross: 0.1 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Fort Taber Park: 0.2 mi
  • Victory Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clegg Field: 0.7 mi
  • Hazelwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Loratta Bourque Park: 1.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Round Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Tarkiln Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Pinnacle Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Mendall Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Tinkham Hill: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 39
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 21
Artworks: 20
  • Spinwinder: 6.1 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 12.7 mi
  • Whale Tail: 12.7 mi
  • Helen Keller: 12.8 mi
  • Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Clark's Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW 317°109 m12.1 mi
Pocasset HillWNW 285°95 m15.6 mi
Cook HillWNW 288°85 m15.5 mi
Prospect HillSSE 153°78 m17.6 mi
Townsend HillWNW 291°77 m15.6 mi
Townsend HillWNW 291°77 m15.6 mi
Deer Horn HillENE 74°71 m16.8 mi
Whiting HillSE 141°68 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:1019:4020:22
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0815:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138485969767467564536
Precip in3.84.15.34.63.74.13.64.14.24.94.65.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, under a mile away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Clarks Point, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001954OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6183087012

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