Nobska Point Light
Nobska Point Light is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Nobska Lighthouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.
The story
Nobska Light, originally called Nobsque Light, also known as Nobska Point Light, is a lighthouse located near the division between Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, and Vineyard Sound in the settlement of Woods Hole, Massachusetts on the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It overlooks Martha's Vineyard and Nonamesset Island. The light station was established in 1828, with the tower protruding above the keeper's house, and was replaced in 1876 by the current 42 foot tall iron tower. The light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Nobska Point Light Station in 1987.
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Dates from 1828.
Wikidata Q16895870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1876
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nobska Hill: 0.0 mi
- Mount Sod: 1.8 mi
- The Knob: 1.9 mi
- Riddle Hill: 2.9 mi
- Swifts Hill: 3.7 mi
- Nobska Beach: 0.3 mi
- Garbage Beach: 1.1 mi
- "Dinghy" Beach: 1.3 mi
- Stoney Beach: 1.4 mi
- Trunk River Beach: 1.4 mi
- MBL Cedar Swamp: 0.6 mi
- Haley Cr: 1.6 mi
- Gifford Cr: 1.8 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 2.0 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 2.1 mi
- Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 1.1 mi
- WHOI - Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Taft's Playground: 1.2 mi
- Hotel Park: 3.1 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 3.2 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Woods Holl: 1.0 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 3.3 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 3.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 4.9 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 5.4 mi
- Cottage Museum: 6.4 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 1.0 mi
- The Liberté: 3.2 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 3.6 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 6.5 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.3 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 0.5 mi
- Nobska Point: 2.2 mi
- Makonikey Head: 4.3 mi
- Husselton Head: 4.4 mi
- South Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 1.1 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 16.2 mi
- Helen Keller: 1.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 1.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.1 mi
- Buddha: 9.1 mi
- Tree of Bike: 10.2 mi
- West Chop Light: 3.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.8 mi
- Oil House: 3.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.5 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 22.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.5 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Nobska Point Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 202° | 94.8 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 19° | 93 m | 14.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 30° | 85 m | 17.4 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 20° | 82 m | 17.6 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 19° | 80 m | 15.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 205° | 78 m | 11.4 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 34° | 77 m | 17.4 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 19° | 71 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 1 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Little Harbor, 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 87001483OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Nobska Point Light Station, reference 87001483, listed 06/15/87.
OpenStreetMap element way/435831054
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 13 mi
- SouthCoast · 13 mi
- Marion · 14 mi
- New Bedford · 17 mi
- Rochester · 17 mi
- Wareham · 17 mi
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