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Cape Poge Light

(Cape Pogue Light)

Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts

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© 2008 Jeremy D'Entremont

Location: Chappaquiddick Island

Nearest town: Edgartown

41 25 10 N
70 27 08 W

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Accessibility: A 1 1/4 hour tour is available through the Trustees of Reservations. Reservations are required. Click here for more information

The lighthouse may be open to the public periodically in summer to those with their own four-wheel drive vehicles. Check at the gatehouses for availablility.

Station established: 1802; Current lighthouse tower built: 1893; Automated: 1943

Construction material: Wood

Tower height: 35 feet; Height of focal plane: 65 feet

Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1857); Current optic: 300 mm

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Characteristic: Flashing white every six seconds

Other buildings still standing: None

Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation; property managed by

Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge

Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard

(508) 627-9931

Related sites

Chappaquiddick Tribe

Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce

Martha's Vineyard Vacation Tips

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