List of lighthouses in Massachusetts

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Massachusetts as identified by the United States Coast Guard. Enumeration of the lighthouses in this state is complicated by the number of multiple tower stations and replacement of older towers, with the Brant Point Light station having had nine towers, two of which survive. At present there are forty-seven active towers, of which eleven are privately maintained; thirteen are standing but inactive, seven have been replaced with skeleton towers, thirteen have been destroyed or removed, and one tower has been moved to another state. The oldest station, Boston Light, established in 1716, was the first lighthouse built in the colonies, and the current tower at that station, built in 1783, is the oldest survivor in the state and the second oldest in the nation, and was the last lighthouse automated in the United States. The last station established was at the Buzzards Bay Entrance Light in 1961 (since replaced by an automated light on a steel tripod), but in 1986 the 1818 Great Point Light was rebuilt and relit, making it the last tower constructed in the state. The tallest towers in the state are the two Cape Ann Light towers, but the highest focal plane is at the Hospital Point Range Rear Light, which is located in the steeple of the First Baptist Church of Beverly.

A number of inactivated Massachusetts lights have met with unusual fates. The Three Sisters of Nauset were sold off to separate private buyers before being purchased by the National Park Service and moved back near their original site. Range lights in Nantucket and Hyannis were incorporated into private dwellings, the former housing the Gilbreth family of Cheaper by the Dozen fame. The Point Gammon Light was converted into an observation tower for birdwatching.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Image	Focal Height	Built	Automated	Deactivated	Status
Annisquam Harbor Light	Cape Ann			045 45 ft (14 m)	1801/1897	1974		active
Bakers Island Light	Salem			111 111 ft (34 m)	1798/1820	1972		active; second tower removed in 1926
Billingsgate Island Light	Billingsgate Island W of Wellfleet			040 40 ft (12 m)	1822/1858		1915	abandoned and destroyed by storm; replacement skeleton tower removed in 1922
Bird Island Light	Marion, Buzzards Bay			037 37 ft (11 m)	1819		1933-1997	active; private aid
Bishop and Clerks Light	S of Hyannis		100px	059 59 ft (18 m)	1858	1923	1928	demolished in 1952
Borden Flats Light	Fall River			047 47 ft (14 m)	1881	1963		active
Boston Light	Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor			102 102 ft (31 m)	1716/1783	1998		active
Brant Point Light	Nantucket			026 26 ft (7.9 m)	1746/1901	1965		active
Brant Point Light (old)	Nantucket			046 46 ft (14 m)	1856		1901	inactive
Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Front Light	Spectacle Island			053 53 ft (16 m)	1903		1950s	removed
Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Rear Light	Spectacle Island			070 70 ft (21 m)	1903		1950s	removed
Butler Flats Light	New Bedford			025 25 ft (7.6 m)	1898	1978		active; private aid maintained by city
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light	entrance to Buzzards Bay		100px	101 101 ft (31 m)	1961	1980	1996	replaced with three-legged unmanned tower
Cape Ann Light	Thacher Island		100px	166 166 ft (51 m)	1771/1861	1979		active
Cape Poge Light	Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard			065 65 ft (20 m)	1801/1893	1943		active
Chatham Light	Chatham harbor			080 80 ft (24 m)	1808/1877	1982		active; second tower moved to Nauset Beach Light in 1923
Clarks Point Light	New Bedford			068 68 ft (21 m)	1797/1869	2001		active; private aid
Cleveland East Ledge Light	Falmouth			074 74 ft (23 m)	1943	1978		active
Cuttyhunk Light	Cuttyhunk Island		100px		1823/1891		1947	replaced with skeleton light (discontinued 2005)
Deer Island Light	entrance to Boston Harbor			053 53 ft (16 m)	1890	1960	1982	replaced with light on fiberglass post
Derby Wharf Light	Salem			025 25 ft (7.6 m)	1871	1917	1977-1983	active; administered by NPS
Dumpling Rocks Light	Buzzards Bay S of New Bedford				1829/1889		1938	destroyed in the 1938 New England hurricane; replaced with skeleton tower
Duxbury Pier Light	Plymouth Harbor			035 35 ft (11 m)	1871	1961		active
East Chop Light	Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard			079 79 ft (24 m)	1869/1878	1934		active
Eastern Point Light	Gloucester, Cape Ann			057 57 ft (17 m)	1832/1890	1986		active
Edgartown Harbor Light	Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard			045 45 ft (14 m)	1828/1939	1939		active
Egg Rock Light	Egg Rock near Nahant			090 90 ft (27 m)	1856/1897	1918	1922	destroyed
Fairhaven Bridge Light	mounted on New Bedford – Fairhaven Bridge predecessor				1888		1891	removed
Falmouth Inner Light	Falmouth							replaced with skeleton tower
Fort Pickering Light	Winter Island in Salem			028 28 ft (8.5 m)	1871	1983	1969-1983	active; private aid
Gay Head Light	Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard		100px	170 170 ft (52 m)	1799/1856	1960	1969-1983	active
Great Point Light	north end of Nantucket			071 71 ft (22 m)	1769/1986	1950s		active
Highland Light	North Truro, Cape Cod			170 170 ft (52 m)	1797/1857	1987		active
Hospital Point Range Front Light	Beverly			070 70 ft (21 m)	1872	1947		active
Hospital Point Range Rear Light	Beverly			183 183 ft (56 m)	1927			active
Hyannis Front Range Light	on pier in Hyannis harbor			020 20 ft (6.1 m)	1885		1929	removed
Hyannis Rear Range Light	Hyannis			043 43 ft (13 m)	1849		1929	inactive; part of private dwelling
Ipswich Range Front Light	S entrance to Plum Island Sound	(est)		025 25 ft (7.6 m)	1838/ca. 1867		1932	removed
Ipswich Range Rear Light	S entrance to Plum Island Sound			042 42 ft (13 m)	1838/1881		1938	tower moved to Edgartown Harbor Light; replaced with skeleton tower
Long Island Head Light	Long Island in Boston harbor			120 120 ft (37 m)	1819/1901	1929	1982-1985	active
Long Point Light	Provincetown, Cape Cod			036 36 ft (11 m)	1827/1875	1952		active
Lovells Island Range Front Light	Lovells Island in Boston Harbor			031 31 ft (9.4 m)	1903		1939	demolished
Lovells Island Range Rear Light	Lovells Island in Boston Harbor			040 40 ft (12 m)	1903		1939	demolished
Marblehead Light	Marblehead			130 130 ft (40 m)	1831/1896	1960		active
Mayo Beach Light	Mayo Beach on Cape Cod		100px		1838/1881		1922	tower moved to Point Montara Light in California; dwelling remains on site
Minot's Ledge Light	Scituate			085 85 ft (26 m)	1850/1860	1947		active
Monomoy Point Light	Monomoy Island			047 47 ft (14 m)	1823/1849		1923	inactive
Nantucket Beacon	S side of Nantucket			024 24 ft (7.3 m)	1820?/1856		1880?	removed
Nantucket Cliff Range Lights	N side of Nantucket W of the harbor				1838/1889		1912	inactive; incorporated into private house
Nantucket Harbor Range Front Light	Brant Point			035 35 ft (11 m)	1908			active
Nantucket Harbor Range Rear Light	Brant Point			051 51 ft (16 m)	1908			active
Nauset Beach Light	North Eastham, Cape Cod			120 120 ft (37 m)	1838/1877	1955		active; private aid
Ned Point Light	Mattapoisett			041 41 ft (12 m)	1838	1923	1951-1963	active
Newburyport Harbor Light	Newburyport			050 50 ft (15 m)	1788/1898	1951		active
Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light	Newburyport			037 37 ft (11 m)	1873		1961	inactive
Newburyport Harbor Rear Range Light	Newburyport		100px	058 58 ft (18 m)	1873		1961	inactive
Nobska Light	Woods Hole			087 87 ft (27 m)	1829/1876	1985		active
Old Scituate Light	Scituate			070 70 ft (21 m)	1811	1995	1860-1994	active; private aid
Palmer Island Light	New Bedford			034 34 ft (10 m)	1849	1941	1962-1998	active; private aid
Plymouth Light	Gurnet Point at entrance to Plymouth Bay		100px	102 102 ft (31 m)	1768/1843	1986		active
Point Gammon Light	Point Gammon at entrance to Hyannis harbor			070 70 ft (21 m)	1816	1858		inactive; converted to observation tower
Race Point Light	Provincetown, Cape Cod			041 41 ft (12 m)	1816/1876	1978		active
Sandy Neck Light	Barnstable				1827/1857		1931-2007	active; private aid
Sankaty Head Light	Nantucket			158 158 ft (48 m)	1850	1965		active
Spectacle Island Range Front Light	Spectacle Island		100px	029 29 ft (8.8 m)	1897	1913		removed
Spectacle Island Range Rear Light	Spectacle Island		100px	054 54 ft (16 m)	1897	1913		removed
Stage Harbor Light	south of Chatham				1880		1933	inactive
Straitsmouth Island Light	Rockport			046 46 ft (14 m)	1835/1896	1967		active
Tarpaulin Cove Light	Naushon Island			078 78 ft (24 m)	1759/1891	1941		active
Ten Pound Island Light	Gloucester		100px	057 57 ft (17 m)	1821/1881	1934	1956-1989	active
The Graves Light	The Graves in Boston Harbor			098 98 ft (30 m)	1905	1976		active
Thacher Island North Light	Thacher Island		100px	162 166 ft (51 m)	1771/1861		1932-1988	active; private aid
The Three Sisters of Nauset	Cape Cod National Seashore near North Eastham				1838/1892		1923	inactive; NPS exhibit
West Chop Light	Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard			084 84 ft (26 m)	1818/1891	1976		active
West Dennis Light	West Dennis			044 44 ft (13 m)	1855		1914-1989	active; private aid
Wing's Neck Light	Wings Neck on Buzzards Bay				1849		1945	inactive
Wood End Light	Long Point in Provincetown			045 45 ft (14 m)	1864/1873	1960		active