Lighthouse · Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Bird Island Lighthouse

Bird Island Lighthouse
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The tower is still an aid to navigation. Its light shows one white flash every 6 seconds. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Open in the viewer from Nobska Lighthouse, Woods Hole →

Quick facts

TypeLighthouse
LightFl W 6s
Position41.6694°N, 70.7173°W
From Nobska Lighthouse, Woods Hole18 km (11 mi), bearing 343° NNW
SourceNOAA ENC; USCG Light List Vol. I 17105; National Register 87002030

How to see it

Above water and inside the horizon from Nobska Lighthouse, Woods Hole, 18 km (11 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.

On the website for now. Massachusetts's lighthouses are in the web viewer first, and they are coming to the CoastFinder app, which covers the North Carolina coast today. Follow @coastfinderapp to hear when Massachusetts arrives.

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Nearby

Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.