(47) East Chop

Visited 20th June 2010

(46) Edgartown

Visited 19th June 2010.

I took this picture of this very nice lighthouse on my second visit to Martha’s Vineyard in 2010. Previously I had not visited the beautiful town of Edgartown and was very glad on this occasion to visit and enjoyed spending some time here.

Edgartown Harbor Light is one of five lights on Martha’s Vineyard. It stands at the entrance of Edgartown Harbor and Katama Bay. The light first shone here in 1828 and this structure was relocated here in 1939.

It was easy to find this light which is just a short walk from the heart of the town. Along the way you can see some typical stunning New England, large and grand houses. At the light you can walk all around it on the sandy beach that it sits on.

It is possible to climb to the top when the lighthouse is opened to the public.

(45) West Chop

Visited 18th June 2010

(22) Portland Head

Visited 26th June 2007

(21) Bass Harbor

Visited 24th June 2007

(20) Curtis Island

Visited 23rd June 2007

(19) Marshall Point

Visited 22nd June 2007

(18) Owl's Head

Visited 22nd June 2007.

(17) Pemaquid

First built in 1827, I visited 180 years later on 21st June 2007. It seemed a long journey to get to the tip of this peninsula. It was worth it though, the rocks that it sits on are stunning and attract many geologists to study them

This is the only lighthouse that I have been inside and to the top of, for no other reason than I am more attracted to the view of them, rather than from them. But I enjoyed my climb to the top and infact the whole visit to Pemaquid.

(16) Nubble

This is the first of seven lighthouses seen in one trip to Maine. There are a lot of lighthouses here but you're not falling over them you have to find them, which is half the fun.

This is Cape Neddick known as Nubble and if it is familiar then you've probably seen it in a guide book or an advert for Maine, it is one of it's most famous lighthouses.

It was a bit of a dull day when we visited on 20th June 2007. It's a really good spot though and a popular toursit attraction.

There's a bucket on a winch to get supplies from the island to the mainland, back in the 1960's the lighthouse keeper put his children in and winched them over so that they could go to school!

(8) The Three Sisters

This is one of the most unusual sights. You visit Nauset Lighthouse and then take a path for a walk of about 5 minutes to see the original lights that Nauset replaced in 1923. They are the Three sisters, three small lights made out of wood. So this is a picture of one of thse decomissioned lights that sits in its retirement field just west of the replacement Nauset Light.

I first visited on 10th Sep 2004 and then again in June 2010 which is when I took this picture.

(7) Nauset

Another Cape Cod Lighthouse, this time in Eastham. I first visited it on 10th Sep 2004 and returned again in June 2010 which is when I took this picture.

It's a really nice lighthouse, traditional with the red and white stripes which is the picture on Cape Cod Potato Chips (crisps). It's next to cliffs and a beach that we spent time on. It was first built in 1877 and this tower was constructed in 1923. It replaced the Three Sisters wooden lights, more on them next at No.8.

This is one of those lighthouses that you can walk all around and get lots of different views of. I really like that and it's good to get different views of them.

(6) Highland

Called the Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse it was first built in 1797 to warn ships of the dangerous waters from Cape Ann to Nantucket.

This was the first of many lighthouses to be built on Cape Cod.

Visited on the 9th Sep 2004.

(5) Chatham

Chatham is a very nice town located in the “elbow” of Cape Cod the lighthouse was established in 1808 with the current structure built in 1879.

I first visited on the 8th September 2004, then again in June 2010.

(4) Nobska

This lighthouse is on the South Western tip of Cape Cod, New England in a town called Wood’s Hole. This is one of the main towns that acts as a ferry link to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, infact you can see the lighthouse whilst taking that ferry.

Nobska lighthouse was first built in 1828 and today looks a well kept station. I first visited in 2004 and returned again in June 2010. It’s not very well signed so you have to go looking for it but it’s worth it.

(3) Gay Head

In 2004 I went to Cape Cod in New England and took the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. On that visit I saw only one of the island’s five lighthouses – Gay Head. Six years later I would return to see another three just leaving the remote and difficult to get to Chappaquiddick Lighthouse for another trip.

Martha’s Vineyard is a beautiful island, home to writers, artists and musicians and the vacation destination of choice for Presidents Clinton and Obama.

The interestingly named Gay Head was the name of the small town where the lighthouse is near, until 1998 when it was changed to Aquinnah to better reflect the heritage of the Native American residents in the area.

The lighthouse is really distinctive with its red brick coloured tower with a rotating beam of an alternating red and white light.

I didn’t get up close to this lighthouse and was happy enough to take different views of it, using the coastline and countryside to give the tower some perspective and show how it stands out against the landscape.

This photograph was taken on my 2010 visit.