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Ipswich Range Front Light

Lighthouse · Essex County, Massachusetts

Ipswich Range Front Light is a lighthouse in Essex County, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has 81 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 19 of them in Essex County.

It was deactivated in 1932.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The front range light, a movable wooden 'bug light', was discontinued in November 1932, and nothing from the station survives at the site; the 1881 rear tower was moved to Edgartown in 1939 and a modern skeleton tower took its place. It stands at 42.6854° N, 70.7641° W.

Key facts

Deactivated1932
Coordinates42.68539, -70.76409

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Questions

Where is Ipswich Range Front Light?

Ipswich Range Front Light is in Essex County, Massachusetts, at 42.6854, -70.7641.

How many lighthouses are in Essex County?

Essex County, Massachusetts has 19 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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