Oil House
Oil House is a lighthouse in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's House, 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.
The story
lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1838.
Wikidata Q6981401, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1892
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nauset Light Beach: 0.1 mi
- Coast Guard Beach: 1.1 mi
- Marconi Beach: 2.2 mi
- Cooks Brook Beach: 2.8 mi
- Campground Beach: 2.8 mi
- Cook / Hake Cr: 1.3 mi
- Weiler Land: 1.4 mi
- Stoehr & Nicholsa Land: 1.5 mi
- Hollis Cr: 2.1 mi
- Krogmans Pond Property: 2.1 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 0.2 mi
- Windmill Green: 2.4 mi
- Mill Field: 2.7 mi
- Mill Field: 2.7 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.8 mi
- Skiff Hill: 2.7 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mill Hill: 6.3 mi
- Cannon Hill: 6.5 mi
- Little Beach Hill: 6.7 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 2.6 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.9 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 4.6 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 5.1 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 5.1 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 1.9 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 5.3 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 5.3 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 6.7 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 8.5 mi
- Chime: 2.6 mi
- The Catch: 5.6 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 17.6 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 17.7 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 17.8 mi
- Penniman House: 3.0 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 4.9 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 5.0 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 11.4 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 11.9 mi
- 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
- Keeper's House: 0.0 mi
- Nauset Light: 0.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 13.0 mi
- Oil House: 13.1 mi
- Chatham Light: 13.1 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.7 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 17.7 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 17.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 23.9 mi
- Indian Neck: 5.0 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 14.0 mi
- Salten Point: 21.0 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.1 mi
- Picnick Area: 7.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Long Point: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oil House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 211° | 165 m | 8.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 234° | 60 m | 14.7 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 240° | 58 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SW 234° | 45 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSW 203° | 41 m | 6.3 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 336° | 41 m | 13.6 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 337° | 38 m | 11.6 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 247° | 35 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:12 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
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/713402647
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