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Managing Organization:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Telephone: 207-646-0245
Website: http://www.lighthousefoundation.org
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 889
Wells
Massachusetts, 04090, United States
Notes:
All buildings except the lighthouse and oil house at Wood End were destroyed by the Coast Guard after the light's 1961 automation. The lighthouse is being restored by the American Lighthouse Foundation.
Tower Height: 39
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Characteristic and Range: Flashing red every 10 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal brick tower with black cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1896 brick oil house.
Date Established: 1872
Date Present Tower Built: 1872
Date Automated: 1961
Optics: 1872: Fifth order Fresnel lens; 1916: New fifth order Fresnel lens; now Vega VRB-25, solar powered.
Fog Signal: 1902: Fog bell and striking mechanism in pyramidal tower; now automated horn with one blast every 30 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Wood End Light can be reached by walking across a breakwater at the west end of Commercial Street. The walk is fairly strenuous and the breakwater is exposed to waves and spray in rough weather. You can also take a water shuttle from Provincetown's West End to Long Point -- call Flyer's at (508) 487-0898 or (800) 750-0898. The walk from Long Point to Wood End is a couple of miles over soft sand.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Thomas Lowe (?) (1872-1897); Philip R. Smith (1897-?); George H. Fitzpatrick (c. 1940s), George Grimes (c. 1940s)
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