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Thacher Island North Light

Rockport, 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

LocationRockport, MA (Essex County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number305
Light characteristicF Y
Height of light above water162 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureGray granite conical tower
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 10/7/1971 · Reference #71000355
Position42.63940, -70.57500 (federal record; not for navigation)

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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