WayfarrowCleveland East Ledge Light
Lighthouse · Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Cleveland East Ledge Light is a lighthouse in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has 81 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 21 of them in Barnstable County.
It was built in 1943, in the interwar years, making it the 49th oldest of the 50 in Massachusetts with a recorded construction date; the tower stands about 70 feet tall (6th tallest of 36 measured in Massachusetts); its light sits 75 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 10s (a white flash every 10 seconds), with a range of about 15 nautical miles.
Status check, 2026-11: Art Moderne concrete tower on a caisson, built 1940–43 and commissioned June 1, 1943. It was the last lighthouse commissioned in the First District and is now privately owned. Cleveland East Ledge Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is not reachable by road: the nearest road is about 2 miles away, so it is seen from shore or reached by water. It stands at 41.6310° N, 70.6942° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Tower height | 70 ft |
| Focal height | 75 ft |
| Light characteristic | Fl W 10s |
| Range | 15 nautical miles |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 41.63096, -70.69418 |
Nearby places
- Bird Island Lightlighthouse · Plymouth County · 2.9 mi
- Wing's Neck Lightlighthouse · Barnstable County · 4 mi
- Ned Point Lightlighthouse · Plymouth County · 5.4 mi
- Falmouth Inner Lightlighthouse · Barnstable County · 7.6 mi
- Nobska Lightlighthouse · Barnstable County · 8.1 mi
- Butler Flats Lightlighthouse · Bristol County · 10.5 mi
- Clarks Point Lightlighthouse · Bristol County · 11 mi
- Palmer Island Lightlighthouse · Bristol County · 11.1 mi
- West Chop Lightlighthouse · Dukes County · 11.3 mi
- Fairhaven Bridge Lightlighthouse · Bristol County · 11.5 mi
- Tarpaulin Cove Lightlighthouse · Dukes County · 11.7 mi
- East Chop Lightlighthouse · Dukes County · 12.9 mi
Questions
Where is Cleveland East Ledge Light?
Cleveland East Ledge Light is in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at 41.6310, -70.6942.
How many lighthouses are in Barnstable County?
Barnstable County, Massachusetts has 21 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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