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Fog Signal Building

Fog Signal Building, seen from above at true elevation

Fog Signal Building is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West Chop Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1891.

Wikidata Q7984740, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1847
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.48099, -70.59950
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Owen Park: 1.6 mi
  • Prospect Park: 1.8 mi
  • Boch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Morton Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Tashmoo Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Pilot Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Nobska Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Mount Sod: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 50
  • Soldiers Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 3.8 mi
  • Woods Holl: 4.7 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 5.0 mi
Museums: 41
Cliffs: 21
Attractions: 20
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 2.7 mi
  • The Liberté: 4.4 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.4 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 4.7 mi
  • Big Bridge: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 12
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • truck pull-off: 18.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 18.4 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 20.3 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Fog Signal Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSW 220°94.8 m11.2 mi
Pine HillN 6°93 m15.8 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 19°85 m18.4 mi
Flatrock HillN 9°82 m19.2 mi
Avery HillN 7°80 m17.5 mi
Prospect HillSW 224°78 m11.0 mi
Discovery HillNNE 22°77 m18.2 mi
Deer Horn HillN 3°71 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:1019:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0518:42
December solstice07:0615:3216:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 5 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 1.59 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station VINEYARD HAVEN, VINEYARD HVN HBR, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 87001506OpenStreetMap
  • National Register of Historic Places — West Chop Light Station, reference 87001506, listed 06/15/87.

OpenStreetMap element way/216359798

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