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Managing Organization:
Sandy Neck Restoration Committee, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation
Email:
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 147
Barnstable
Massachusetts, 02630,
Notes:
The lighthouse was replaced by a nearby skeleton tower in 1931. In 1952, that light was also discontinued and the property was sold into private hands. A chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, the Sandy Neck Restoration Committee,worked with the owner to have a replica lantern installed on the tower in 2007.
Tower Height: 40
Height of Focal Plane: 47
Description of Tower: White cylindrical brick tower with black reinforcing bands.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1880 1.5 story wood keeper's house.
Earlier Towers?
1826: Brick keeper's house with lantern on roof.
Date Established: 1826
Date Present Tower Built: 1857
Date Deactivated: 1931
Optics: c. 1857: Fifth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Private residence.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Sandy Neck Light can be seen distantly from Millway Beach in Barnstable; it is accessible via a difficult six-mile hike over sand. It is best seen by boat. Hyannis Whale Watcher's cruises leaving Barnstable Harbor pass the lighthouse; call (508) 362-6088 or (888) WHALE-WATCH for information and reservations. The cruises run daily from April through October. To reach Hyannis Whale Watcher from US Route 6: take Exit 6. Take MA 132 south toward Hyannis. At the first set of lights take a left onto Phinney's Lane. Follow the road straight over the railroad tracks and through a set of lights. The dock and office are at the end of the road at Millway Marina.
Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Joseph Nickerson (1826-1833); Henry Baxter (1833-1844); Thomas P. D. Baxter (1846-1862); Lucy Hinckley Baxter (1862-1867); Edward Gorham (1867-1875); Jacob S. Howes (1875-1880); Eunice Crowell Howes (1880-1886); Philip R. Smith (1886-1897); George A. Jamieson (1897-1908); James Jorgensen (1908-1909), Henry L. Pingree (1909-?); William L. Anderson (c. 1930)
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