WayfarrowNantucket Beacon
Lighthouse · Nantucket County, Massachusetts
Nantucket Beacon is a lighthouse in Nantucket County, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has 81 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 8 of them in Nantucket County.
It was deactivated in 1879.
Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: This was the rear range light paired with Brant Point. It was moved several times and replaced by the 1908 Nantucket Harbor Range Lights. Sources disagree on its start date (1794 or 1820). It stands at 41.2733° N, 70.0733° W.
Nearby places
- Brant Point Lightlighthouse · Nantucket County · 1.4 mi
- Nantucket Reef Range Front Lightlighthouse · Nantucket County · 1.5 mi
- North Pastureghost town · Nantucket County · 1.5 mi
- Nantucket Harbor Range Lightslighthouse · Nantucket County · 1.5 mi
- Nantucket Range Rear Lightlighthouse · Nantucket County · 1.5 mi
- South Pastureghost town · Nantucket County · 1.9 mi
- Nantucket Cliff Range Lightslighthouse · Nantucket County · 2.2 mi
- Middle Pastureghost town · Nantucket County · 3 mi
- South East Quarterghost town · Nantucket County · 4.2 mi
- The Plainsghost town · Nantucket County · 4.4 mi
- Plainfieldghost town · Nantucket County · 4.7 mi
- Maddequetghost town · Nantucket County · 5.1 mi
Questions
Where is Nantucket Beacon?
Nantucket Beacon is in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, at 41.2733, -70.0733.
How many lighthouses are in Nantucket County?
Nantucket County, Massachusetts has 8 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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