Front Range Light
Front Range Light is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Range Light Sculpture Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
The Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light is one of two historic range lights in Newburyport, Massachusetts. When it was built in 1873, it was located at Bayley's Wharf, and provided, in combination with the Rear Range Light, a critical aid for navigating into Newburyport's harbor. In 1964 the light was moved to its present location on the grounds of the Merrimack River Coast Guard Station. The stations are no longer in service, but serve as a daymark for arriving mariners. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and included in the Newburyport Historic District in 1984.
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Dates from 1873.
Wikidata Q14715767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1873
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Independence Byway
- 24.7 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 3 mi
- Eagle Rock · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 0.2 mi
- Coffin House: 0.8 mi
- Lower Green Schoolhouse: 3.3 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 3.3 mi
- Dole-Little House: 3.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wolf's Den Hill: 2.3 mi
- Adams Place Hill: 2.6 mi
- LIttle Old Town Hill: 2.9 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.0 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 2.5 mi
- Salisbury Beach: 3.3 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 5.6 mi
- The Knobbs: 6.5 mi
- South Beach: 6.6 mi
- Range Light Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.2 mi
- Berry Labyrinth: 1.0 mi
- Alchemical Garden: 1.0 mi
- Salisbury Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 0.1 mi
- Newburyport Collage: 0.5 mi
- G-Swirl: 0.5 mi
- Brushstrokes: 0.5 mi
- Peace Offering: 0.5 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.1 mi
- Atwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Central Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Brown Square: 0.4 mi
- Joppa Park: 0.4 mi
- Cliff and Marie Walker Memorial Bench: 0.2 mi
- Don Burlingame Memorial Bench: 0.2 mi
- Bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard: 0.2 mi
- Promenade and Marina: 0.2 mi
- Custom House Slip: 0.2 mi
- Market Square: 0.3 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 2.3 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 6.6 mi
- Corn Maze: 8.8 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Stevens Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Joppa Flats Education Center: 1.2 mi
- Ram Island State Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Messenger Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Herbert E. True III Memorial Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 3.6 mi
- Great Neck: 8.0 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 14.0 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 15.9 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 15.9 mi
- Front Pavilion: 15.9 mi
- Birthday Bay: 16.1 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 17.7 mi
- Ramp: 18.9 mi
- Boathouse: 18.9 mi
- Utility Building: 18.9 mi
- Tram Way: 18.9 mi
- Newbury Falls: 5.4 mi
- Hampton Falls: 6.8 mi
- Great Falls: 12.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 19.2 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.8 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.5 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 8.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 3.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 5.9 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 13.0 mi
- Dogtown: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Front Range Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | NW 315° | 99 m | 5.3 mi |
| Chair Hill | NW 321° | 93 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sawyers Hill | NW 307° | 91 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ring Hill | WNW 302° | 81 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 290° | 80 m | 7.6 mi |
| Brake Hill | WSW 253° | 79 m | 7.4 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 251° | 77 m | 7.5 mi |
| Whittier Hill | NW 309° | 76 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.09 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Newburyport, 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 87001486OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light, reference 87001486, listed 06/15/87.
OpenStreetMap element way/271953471
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