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Front Range Light

Front Range Light, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1873.

Wikidata Q14715767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1873

How to reach it

Coordinates42.81152, -70.86484

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks: 60
  • 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
Parks
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.1 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Atwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Central Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • 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
Attractions
Peaks
  • 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
Beaches
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 5.6 mi
  • The Knobbs: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • 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
Lighthouses: 16
Picnic sites: 13
  • 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
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Rest areas: 8
  • 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
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Front Range Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillNW 315°99 m5.3 mi
Chair HillNW 321°93 m6.7 mi
Sawyers HillNW 307°91 m7.0 mi
Ring HillWNW 302°80.72 m6.9 mi
Bear HillWNW 290°80 m7.6 mi
Brake HillWSW 253°78.64 m7.4 mi
Prospect HillS 190°77 m7.5 mi
Crow HillWSW 251°76.81 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

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 mileaway — 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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