Pumphouse
Pumphouse is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Plymouth Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.
The story
Lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States.
Dates from 1768.
Wikidata Q7205822, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1842
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Plum Hills: 0.8 mi
- Captains Hill: 4.2 mi
- Hardin Hill: 4.4 mi
- Coles Hill: 4.5 mi
- Burying Hill: 4.7 mi
- Hunt Park: 3.8 mi
- Nelson Street Park: 4.4 mi
- Pilgrim Memorial State Park: 4.5 mi
- Fishermans Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Stephens Field: 4.5 mi
- Saquish Beach: 0.9 mi
- Plymouth Beach: 3.2 mi
- Captain's Flats: 3.3 mi
- Standish Shore: 3.6 mi
- Shipyard Lane Beach: 4.0 mi
- King Caesar House: 4.3 mi
- Windsor House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Traylor Trask Museum: 4.5 mi
- Edward Winslow House Museum: 4.6 mi
- Duxbury Beach Reservation: 3.1 mi
- Plymouth Long Beach: 3.2 mi
- Brewster Woods: 3.9 mi
- Long Island: 4.2 mi
- Town Green: 4.3 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 4.5 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 4.5 mi
- Massasoit: 4.5 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 4.6 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 12.6 mi
- Myles Standish Cellar Hole: 3.8 mi
- Myles Standish Monument: 4.3 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 4.5 mi
- National Monument to the Forefathers: 4.9 mi
- Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 8.6 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 18.2 mi
- The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 18.2 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 18.3 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 18.3 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 18.3 mi
- Mayflower II: 4.4 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 4.4 mi
- Pembroke Herring Run: 11.4 mi
- Edaville: 13.9 mi
- Mann Farmhouse: 14.3 mi
- High Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Fourth Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Lookout Point: 12.1 mi
- Third Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.0 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 21.4 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 5.6 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 22.7 mi
- Plymouth Light: 0.0 mi
- Long Point: 22.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Pumphouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | S 175° | 114 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pine Hills | S 172° | 95 m | 4.8 mi |
| Monks Hill | WSW 245° | 83 m | 6.9 mi |
| Carolina Hill | NW 322° | 77 m | 10.7 mi |
| Flagg Hill | SSW 197° | 64 m | 8.1 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | NW 319° | 64 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | SSW 211° | 62 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sparrow Hill | SW 231° | 61 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 77000655OpenStreetMapOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Plymouth Light Station, reference 77000655, listed 03/08/77.
OpenStreetMap element way/1030900169
Day trips start here
- Carver · 12 mi
- Halifax · 13 mi
- Scituate · 15 mi
- Middleborough · 17 mi
- Wareham · 18 mi
- Bridgewater · 19 mi
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