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Massachusetts Lighthouses

Cape & islands · 54 lighthouses in this preview

Massachusetts lights range from Cape Ann and Boston Harbor to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Buzzards Bay.

Of the 54 entries here, 48 match an active aid in the current USCG Light List, 42 have a National Register record, and 7 have visitor-access details checked against an official or operator source. Everything else is marked “verify before visiting.” This list comes from our verified sources and may not include every lighthouse in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts lighthouses
LighthouseTownIn USCG Light ListNRHPVisitor access
Annisquam Harbor LightGloucesterYesYesVerify before visiting
Bakers Island LightSalemYesYesVerify before visiting
Bird Island LightMarionYesYesVerify before visiting
Bishop and Clerks LightYes—Verify before visiting
Borden Flats LightFall RiverYesYesVerify before visiting
Boston LightBostonYesYesSourced
Brant Point LightNantucketYesYesVerify before visiting
Butler Flats LightNew BedfordNot matchedYesVerify before visiting
Buzzards Bay Entrance LightYes—Verify before visiting
Cape Ann LightRockportYes—Verify before visiting
Cape Poge LightEdgartownYesYesVerify before visiting
Chatham LightChathamYesYesVerify before visiting
Cleveland East Ledge LightFalmouthYesYesVerify before visiting
Deer Island LightBostonYes—Verify before visiting
Derby Wharf LightSalemYesYesVerify before visiting
Duxbury Pier LightBostonYesYesVerify before visiting
East Chop LightOak BluffsYesYesVerify before visiting
Eastern Point LightGloucesterYesYesVerify before visiting
Edgartown Harbor LightEdgartownYesYesVerify before visiting
Fort Pickering LightSalemYes—Verify before visiting
Gay Head LightAquinnahYesYesVerify before visiting
Great Point LightYes—Verify before visiting
Highland LightTruroYesYesSourced
Hospital Point Range Front LightBeverlyYesYesVerify before visiting
Hospital Point Range Rear LightBeverlyYes—Verify before visiting
Long Island Head LightBostonYesYesVerify before visiting
Long Point LightProvincetownYesYesSourced
Marblehead LightMarbleheadYesYesVerify before visiting
Minot's Ledge LightScituateYesYesVerify before visiting
Monomoy Point LightChathamNot matchedYesVerify before visiting
Nantucket Range Rear LightYes—Verify before visiting
Nauset LightEasthamYesYesSourced
Ned Point LightMattpoisettYesYesVerify before visiting
Newburyport Harbor Front Range LightNewburyportNot matchedYesVerify before visiting
Newburyport Harbor LightNewburyportYesYesVerify before visiting
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range LightNewburyportNot matchedYesVerify before visiting
Nobska LightFalmouthYesYesVerify before visiting
Old Scituate LightScituateYesYesVerify before visiting
Palmer Island LightNew BedfordYesYesVerify before visiting
Plymouth LightPlymouthYesYesVerify before visiting
Race Point LightProvincetownYesYesSourced
Sandy Neck LightBarnstableYes—Verify before visiting
Sankaty Head LightNantucketYesYesVerify before visiting
Stage Harbor LightChathamYes—Verify before visiting
Straitsmouth Island LightRockportYesYesVerify before visiting
Tarpaulin Cove LightGosnoldYesYesVerify before visiting
Ten Pound Island LightGloucesterYesYesVerify before visiting
Thacher Island North LightRockportYes—Verify before visiting
The Graves LightBostonYesYesVerify before visiting
Three Sisters of NausetEasthamNot matchedYesSourced
West Chop LightTisburyYesYesVerify before visiting
West Dennis LightWest DennisYes—Verify before visiting
Wing's Neck LightBourneNot matchedYesVerify before visiting
Wood End LightProvincetownYesYesSourced

Sources: USCG Light List Vol. I (11/11/2026), NPS NPGallery National Register records, Wikidata (leads), and the official pages cited on each lighthouse page. Last checked November 11, 2026.