Keeper's Dwelling
Keeper's Dwelling is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Boathouse, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
Since 2003, Coast Guard Auxiliarist Sally Snowman has been the lightkeeper. She has trained dozens in the Coast Guard Auxiliary's Watchstander program, supervising volunteers who spend shifts on the island helping with maintenance and public tours.
The story
Lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States.
Dates from 1716.
Wikidata Q2895493, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1884
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.1 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
- Great Brewster Island: 0.4 mi
- Shag Rocks Island: 0.5 mi
- Middle Brewster Island: 0.8 mi
- Calf Island: 0.9 mi
- Allerton Hill: 1.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 2.7 mi
- White Head: 3.7 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.3 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 4.4 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 5.8 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 5.9 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 5.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 7.3 mi
- Fight the Rise: 7.6 mi
- Rise: 7.7 mi
- Abigail Adams: 7.8 mi
- Fort Revere: 1.7 mi
- Battery Vincent: 1.9 mi
- Fort Warren: 1.9 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 2.1 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 2.1 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 7.7 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 7.9 mi
- Eastie Farm: 7.9 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 2.1 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 2.7 mi
- Hampton Beach: 4.1 mi
- Little Beach: 4.3 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.7 mi
- The Graves: 2.8 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 4.7 mi
- Weir River Woods: 4.7 mi
- Emery Preserve: 4.7 mi
- George Washington Boulevard Lagoon: 4.7 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
- Hood Milk Bottle: 8.3 mi
- East Head: 2.6 mi
- Middle Head: 2.9 mi
- Long Island Head: 3.3 mi
- West Head: 4.5 mi
- Nut Island: 4.7 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 10.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 10.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Boathouse: 0.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.0 mi
- Rainshed: 0.1 mi
- Boston Light: 0.1 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 22.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 13.2 mi
- Haywardville: 13.9 mi
- Dogtown: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Keeper's Dwelling. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | SW 225° | 74 m | 9.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | S 169° | 72 m | 9.5 mi |
| Penns Hill | SW 220° | 61 m | 8.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSE 162° | 57 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | SSE 160° | 56 m | 9.7 mi |
| Scituate Hill | SSE 154° | 54 m | 7.0 mi |
| Forbes Hill | SW 235° | 54 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whites Hill | SSW 209° | 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 mile away — 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/212121731
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