Wings Neck Lighthouse
🇺🇸Southeastern Massachusetts, USInactive
Location & Light Range
About Wings Neck Lighthouse
The Wings Neck Light stands on a peninsula between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, which leads to the Cape Cod Canal. The original lighthouse, a stone keeper's house with an attached wood tower, was constructed in 1849. This structure was lost to fire in 1878. The current lighthouse and keeper's house were built in 1889, forming a unique connected wooden structure from that era. The light's focal height is 10 meters. It is no longer operational.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Background
The Wing's Neck Light is a historic lighthouse in the Pocasset village of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located on Wing's Neck Road at the end of Wing's Neck, a peninsula between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, which provides access to the Cape Cod Canal. The first lighthouse was built in the site in 1849; it was a stone keeper's house with a wood-frame tower above, and was destroyed by fire in 1878.
The present lighthouse and keeper's house were built in 1889; it is the only extant wood-frame light and keeper's house connected by a covered way from that period.
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.Light & Optic
- Focal Height
- 10m
Location
- City
- Southeastern Massachusetts
- Country
- 🇺🇸US
- Latitude
- 41.6802°
- Longitude
- -70.6612°
Nearby Vessels
Construction & History
- Heritage Status
- 2
References & Identifiers
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q8025064 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Live tracking · 50,000+ mariners
Find Wings Neck Lighthouse on the live nautical map
Plan voyages near US, see nearby vessels in real time, and explore 14,900+ navigation aids in the app.
Nautical mapNearby vesselsVoyage planning