Off Salem, MA
Est 1796; present light built 1820
59 feet high; light 111 feet above water

Baker's Island is one of a group of 15 islands called “The Miseries” about five miles from Salem and close to the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Jeremy’s Lighthouse Guide #18

Historian Samuel Adams Drake wrote, "Eight or nine miles out, in plain sight, Boon Island lifts its solitary shaft aloft like an ‘eternal exclamation mark’ to the temerity of its builders."

Jeremy's Lighthouse Guide #16

Rockport, MA
Est 1771; current lights built 1861
Towers 124 feet, lights 166 feet above sea

There are none like it left – twin parallel lights in a dramatic stance and both in working order. Put these two on your "must-see" list of New England lighthouses.

Jeremy’s Lighthouse Guide #14

Mid-Coast, ME
58 feet; light is 75 feet above the sea.
Est 1847, built 1880

Historian Samuel Adams Drake aptly described it as “rising above the waves like the last monument of some buried city of antediluvian times.”

Jeremy's Lighthouse Guide #13

Newburyport, MA

Est 1788, present lighthouse 1898
35 ft; light is 50 feet above water

For New Hampshire Seacoast residents, this is the nearest lighthouse neighbor to the south. Newburyport Harbor Light has been a vital guide to the historic harbor of Newburyport for over two centuries, and it’s one of the few lighthouses in the region that is easy to reach by car.

Jeremy's Lighthouse Guide #11

Cape Elizabeth, ME
Est. 1828, built 1874.
67 feetl; light 129 ft above water.

Once twin lights, the Victorian metal tower at Cape Elizabeth is known as an American icon, painted by aritsts, and for its harrowing shipwreck tales.

Jeremy's Lighthouse Guide #10

Bridgeport, CT
47 feet tall
Built: 1823

Connecticut’s Black Rock Harbor developed as a trade port and shipbuilding center in the 18th century. In 1808, the first Fayerweather Island Lighthouse was built on the south end of the island at the entrance to the harbor.

Jeremy's Lighthouse Guide #9