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Eastern Point Light

Gloucester, MA · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationGloucester, MA (Essex County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number330
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Height of light above water57 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite conical tower, covered way to dwelling 57
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 9/30/1987 · Reference #87002027
Position42.58018, -70.66445 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLighted throughout 24 hours. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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