Highland

Alternate Name(s):
Cape Cod
Type:
Year Established:
1797
Existing:
Yes
Highland
Download:
IMG_2467adj.jpeg (804.52 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2015
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
EAST SIDE OF CAPE COD
Latitude:
42° 2.4'
Longitude:
70° 3.7'
City / Town:
NORTH TRURO
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
BARNSTABLE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE
Open to Public:
Yes

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1857
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE & BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
183
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
66
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1857
Keeper's Quarters Style:
QUEEN ANN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
NEW KEEPERS (1961, RELOCATED 1996), WALKWAY ATTACHES TOWER TO DWELLING, REMOVED: RADIO BEACON, GENERATOR SHED (1857)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
VLB-44 (LED), SOLAR POWERED (INSTALLED 2017)
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017