Fourteen Foot Bank Light
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Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Muskee Hill stands 19 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Brandywine Shoal Light, a lighthouse 1.8 miles away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 9.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a lighthouse in the Delaware Bay near Bowers Beach, Delaware. Built in 1885–1886 at the south end of Joe Flogger Shoal, it was the first lighthouse to be built using a pneumatic caisson. The wooden caisson structure was excavated to a depth of 23 feet (7.0 m) below the seabed, then filled with 2,000 cubic yards (1,500 m3) of concrete. A cast-iron base was meanwhile erected on the caisson as it sank. A house-like structure was built on top of the base, designed by H.A. Ramsay and Son of Baltimore. Engineers for the structure were Anderson and Barr, and the contractor was D.P. Heap. The light is 11 miles (18 km) offshore, and therefore not visible from land. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Dates from 1886.
Wikidata Q5475898, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- SS Atlantus: 9.6 mi
- Concrete Ship: 9.6 mi
- World War II Lookout Tower: 9.8 mi
- Elaine's Famous Dinner Theater: 12.2 mi
- Overfalls: 16.0 mi
- Pavilion Park: 10.0 mi
- Triangle Park: 10.3 mi
- Maria Sheets Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
- Cape May Rotary Park: 12.3 mi
- Lafayette Street Park: 12.3 mi
- Cape May Point Science Center: 10.5 mi
- Cape May Museum & Nature Center: 10.6 mi
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum: 11.8 mi
- HCSV Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
- Emlen Physick Estate: 12.5 mi
- Patrolman David C. Douglass, Sr. Memorial Grave: 10.6 mi
- Coast Guard 44' Motor Life Boat: 13.8 mi
- Cross Ledge Light: 14.5 mi
- Zwaanendael Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Menhaden Fishing Industry: 16.0 mi
- Garrett Family Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Buckaloo Tract: 15.7 mi
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Logan Lane Tract: 16.3 mi
- Ted Harvey Conservation Area - Morris Tract: 17.0 mi
- St. Jones Reserve: 17.4 mi
- Higbee Beach: 9.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 9.6 mi
- Sunray Beach: 10.9 mi
- Slaughter Beach: 11.3 mi
- The Cove: 11.8 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 1.8 mi
- Miah Maull Shoal Light: 9.2 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Hereford Inlet Light: 18.1 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 10.2 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 13.7 mi
- Shark: 16.1 mi
- Wildwoods Sign: 16.7 mi
- Boardwalk Arch: 18.0 mi
- South Cape May: 11.4 mi
- New Market: 20.0 mi
- Potato Island: 14.4 mi
- Muskee Hill: 23.0 mi
- Senior Center Meditation Garden: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fourteen Foot Bank Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskee Hill | NNE 25° | 19 m | 23.0 mi |
| Potato Island | ENE 69° | 2 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape MAY 2 NW, 11 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.9 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Brandywine Shoal Light, DE, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Cape May · 13 mi
- Wildwood · 17 mi
- Magnolia · 19 mi
- Rehoboth Beach · 20 mi
- Cumberland County · 22 mi
- Camden · 24 mi
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