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Keeper's House

Keeper's House, seen from above at true elevation

Keeper's House is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Nauset Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.2 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1838.

Wikidata Q6981401, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1875
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.86024, -69.95312
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks: 58
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 0.2 mi
  • Windmill Green: 2.3 mi
  • Mill Field: 2.6 mi
  • Mill Field: 2.7 mi
  • Wiley Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Skiff Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Fort Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Mill Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Little Beach Hill: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 29
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 2.6 mi
  • The Catch: 5.6 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 17.5 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 17.7 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 8
  • truck pull-off: 8.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 10.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 14.6 mi
  • rest area: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 7.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keeper's House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSW 211°165 m8.2 mi
Signal HillSW 234°60 m14.7 mi
Clay HillWSW 240°58 m24.1 mi
Black Ball HillSW 234°45 m15.2 mi
Mill HillSSW 203°41 m6.3 mi
The HighlandsNNW 336°41 m13.6 mi
Green HillNNW 337°38 m11.6 mi
Scorton HillWSW 247°35 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 87001484OpenStreetMapOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Nauset Beach Light, reference 87001484, listed 06/15/87.

OpenStreetMap element way/212917570

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