Fog Signal Building
Fog Signal Building is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1716.
Wikidata Q2895493, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1890
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 10 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brewster Island: 0.0 mi
- Shag Rocks Island: 0.4 mi
- Great Brewster Island: 0.5 mi
- Middle Brewster Island: 0.8 mi
- Calf Island: 1.0 mi
- Allerton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 2.7 mi
- White Head: 3.6 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.4 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 4.3 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 5.9 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Fort Revere: 1.8 mi
- Battery Vincent: 2.0 mi
- Fort Warren: 2.0 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 2.1 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 2.2 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 2.1 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 2.6 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 3.4 mi
- Hampton Beach: 4.1 mi
- Little Beach: 4.3 mi
- The Graves: 2.8 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 4.6 mi
- Weir River Woods: 4.7 mi
- George Washington Boulevard Lagoon: 4.7 mi
- Emery Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 5.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 7.4 mi
- Fight the Rise: 7.7 mi
- Rise: 7.7 mi
- Abigail Adams: 7.9 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 6.4 mi
- USS Salem: 7.2 mi
- United First Parish Church: 7.8 mi
- Herring Run: 8.2 mi
- House Rock: 8.3 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 7.8 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 7.8 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Eastie Farm: 8.0 mi
- East Head: 2.7 mi
- Middle Head: 2.9 mi
- Long Island Head: 3.4 mi
- West Head: 4.5 mi
- Nut Island: 4.7 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.4 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 10.3 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 10.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Boston Light: 0.0 mi
- Rainshed: 0.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 0.1 mi
- Boathouse: 0.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 13.3 mi
- Haywardville: 13.9 mi
- Dogtown: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Fog Signal Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | S 170° | 72 m | 9.5 mi |
| Penns Hill | SW 220° | 61 m | 8.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSE 163° | 57 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | SSE 161° | 56 m | 9.6 mi |
| Fennos Hill | NW 310° | 55 m | 8.8 mi |
| Scituate Hill | SSE 154° | 54 m | 7.0 mi |
| Forbes Hill | SW 235° | 54 m | 8.6 mi |
| Whites Hill | SSW 210° | 53 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.05 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Boston Light, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000133OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/212121728
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