Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station
Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is East Horseneck Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 10 miles off.
Operated by the Massachusetts Humane Society 1888-1913. The structure was moved from its original location to this one in 1894.
What the record says
- Built
- 1888
What to expect
- Operated by
- Buzzards Bay Coalition
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 13.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 25.3 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 25 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Horseneck Beach: 0.4 mi
- Little Beach: 1.9 mi
- Horseneck Beach: 2.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 4.3 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 5.6 mi
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Adult Softball Field: 6.2 mi
- New Bedford Park: 6.7 mi
- Mothas Park: 6.7 mi
- Camp Noquochoke: 6.9 mi
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Big Ram Island: 1.8 mi
- Horseneck Farm Cr: 2.0 mi
- Little Ram Island: 2.0 mi
- Marianne Pineau Island: 2.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 3.2 mi
- Sherman Hill: 4.8 mi
- Nootas Hill: 5.1 mi
- Nootas Hill: 5.2 mi
- Round Hill: 6.4 mi
- Barn Foundation: 5.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Rhode Island Red Monument: 6.1 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 7.4 mi
- Battery Milliken: 9.6 mi
- Doll Museum: 5.7 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 7.7 mi
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 9.8 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 10.8 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 11.2 mi
- Bumber Boats: 9.8 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 11.3 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 11.3 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 11.3 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 11.3 mi
- The Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Marys Seat: 13.4 mi
- South Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Spinwinder: 9.5 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 14.0 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 14.1 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 14.7 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 15.5 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.1 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 7.6 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 10.1 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 10.9 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 9.7 mi
- Beavertail Light: 19.0 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 19.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 19.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 22.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 19.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 24.0 mi
- The Falls: 20.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 24.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | N 356° | 109 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NW 324° | 95 m | 13.4 mi |
| Peaked Hill | ESE 122° | 94.8 m | 18.3 mi |
| Slate Hill | WNW 284° | 87 m | 12.1 mi |
| Cook Hill | NW 326° | 85 m | 13.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ESE 121° | 78 m | 17.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNW 328° | 77 m | 14.4 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNW 329° | 77 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/214026283
Day trips start here
- Little Compton · 7 mi
- Dartmouth · 9 mi
- Westport · 10 mi
- New Bedford · 12 mi
- Middletown · 13 mi
- Newport County · 13 mi
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