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Pumphouse

Pumphouse, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1768.

Wikidata Q7205822, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1842
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.00384, -70.60040
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Beaches
Nature reserves
  • Duxbury Beach Reservation: 3.1 mi
  • Plymouth Long Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Plymouth Long Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Plymouth Long Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Plymouth Long Beach: 3.5 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums: 47
Artworks: 35
Gardens: 26
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 18.2 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 18.2 mi
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 18.3 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 17
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 6
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 5.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Pumphouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillS 175°114 m5.3 mi
Pine HillsS 172°95 m4.8 mi
Monks HillWSW 245°83 m6.9 mi
Carolina HillNW 322°77 m10.7 mi
Flagg HillSSW 197°64 m8.1 mi
Black Pond HillNW 319°64 m16.1 mi
Pinnacle HillSSW 211°62 m7.7 mi
Sparrow HillSW 231°61 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4020:22
September equinox06:3018:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 5 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 9.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor, MA, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

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

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