Location: Cape Cod Bay / Provincetown Harbor; Nearest
town: Provincetown
42 01 59 N
70 10 07 W
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Accessibility: The grounds are open to the public,
but the lighthouse is not. Long Point is accessible in summer
from Provincetown via a boat shuttle run by Flyer's.
The lighthouse can also be reached after a long
strenuous hike across a breakwater to Wood End, then across sand
to Long Point.
Station established: 1826; Current lighthouse tower
built: 1875; Automated: 1952
Construction material: Brick
Tower height: 38 feet; Height of focal plane: 36 feet
Original optic: Fifth order Fresnel; Present optic:
300mm (solar powered)
Characteristic: Fixed green; Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, tower is
maintained by
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