Location: Entrance to Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod;
Nearest town: Provincetown
42 01 16 N
70 11 37 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is not open to the
public, but the area around it can be reached after a fairly
strenuous walk across the breakwater from Provincetown's West
End.
Station established: 1872; Present lighthouse built:
1872; Automated: 1961
Construction materials: brick with concrete foundation
Tower height: 39 feet; Height of focal plane: 45 feet
Original optic: Fifth order Fresnel lens
Present optic: VRB-25, solar powered
Characteristic: Flashing red every 10 seconds
Other structures still standing: brick oil house
Fog signal: horn (originally bell), one blast every 30 seconds
Click here to hear
Wood End's fog signal
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, tower is
maintained by
American
Lighthouse Foundation
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