WayfarrowDeer Island Light
Lighthouse · Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Deer Island Light is a lighthouse in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Massachusetts has 81 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Suffolk County.
Its light sits 52 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Alt WR 10s, with a range of about 9 nautical miles; the structure is built of steel.
Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The 1890 sparkplug lighthouse was torn down in 1982 and replaced by fiberglass towers. Since 2015–2016 the light has been an LED on a steel skeleton tower about 100 ft from the old foundation. It stands at 42.3398° N, 70.9545° W.
Key facts
| Focal height | 52 ft |
|---|---|
| Light characteristic | Alt WR 10s |
| Range | 9 nautical miles |
| Material | steel |
| Coordinates | 42.33985, -70.95451 |
Nearby places
- Long Island Head Lightlighthouse · Suffolk County · 0.7 mi
- Lovells Island Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 1.3 mi
- Spectacle Island Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 1.8 mi
- Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lightslighthouse · Suffolk County · 1.8 mi
- Fort Winthropghost town · Suffolk County · 3.1 mi
- Boston Lightlighthouse · Plymouth County · 3.4 mi
- The Graves Lightlighthouse · Plymouth County · 4.7 mi
- Egg Rock Lightlighthouse · Essex County · 7.1 mi
- Adamsvilleghost town · Norfolk County · 9 mi
- Haywardvilleghost town · Middlesex County · 11.1 mi
- Minot's Ledge Lightlighthouse · Plymouth County · 11.1 mi
- West Cornersghost town · Norfolk County · 11.5 mi
Questions
Where is Deer Island Light?
Deer Island Light is in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at 42.3398, -70.9545.
How many lighthouses are in Suffolk County?
Suffolk County, Massachusetts has 5 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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