Clark's Point Light
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.
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.
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Dates from 1797.
Wikidata Q5127584, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 18.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 23.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 0.1 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 2.8 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 3.1 mi
- Mariner's Home: 3.1 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 3.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Medeiros Beach: 0.7 mi
- Noname Beach: 0.9 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 4.0 mi
- Brant Beach: 4.6 mi
- Grand Vue Beach: 5.9 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 3.1 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 3.1 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 3.2 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
- Bumber Boats: 8.1 mi
- Winsegansett Avenue Scenic Vista: 2.0 mi
- Winsegansett Marshes: 2.1 mi
- Mononadach Marsh: 2.1 mi
- Fort Phoenix: 2.1 mi
- Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation: 2.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- South Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Nobska Point: 11.9 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 13.8 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 2.9 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 7.8 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 12.8 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 13.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Nobska Point Light: 13.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 17.4 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Clark's Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NW 317° | 109 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | WNW 285° | 95 m | 15.6 mi |
| Peaked Hill | SSE 153° | 95 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cook Hill | WNW 288° | 85 m | 15.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 153° | 78 m | 17.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 291° | 77 m | 15.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | ENE 74° | 71 m | 16.8 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SE 141° | 68 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, under a mile away.
Mean tidal range 3.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Clarks Point, 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 73001954OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6183087012
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 4 mi
- New Bedford · 4 mi
- SouthCoast · 4 mi
- Mattapoisett · 6 mi
- Westport · 8 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
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