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Plymouth Light

Duxbury, MA · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

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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

LocationDuxbury, MA (Plymouth County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number12545
Light characteristicFl (3)W 30s
Height of light above water102 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite, octagonal, pyramidal tower, white dwelling
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 3/8/1977 · Reference #77000655
Position42.00373, -70.60061 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 323° to 352°, covers Mary Ann Rocks. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 15s (3s bl). MRASS-Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 45 minutes.

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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