Duxbury Pier Light, Plymouth

Name: Duxbury Pier Light
Address: Plymouth, United States

#19 among attractions in Plymouth

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Duxbury Pier lighthouse also called Duxbury Light is a lighthouse located in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Duxbury Pier Light was built in 1871 on the north side of the main channel in Plymouth Harbor to mark the dangerous shoal off Saquish Head. The unusual coffeepot-shaped lighthouse is locally known as "Bug Light" or simply "The Bug." It was the first so-called sparkplug lighthouse in the United States. Application was made to list the lighthouse on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. ()

Coordinates: 41°59'15"N, 70°38'55"W

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Plymouth United States

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Duxbury Pier Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cole's Hill, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Massasoit Statue, Hedge House.

2.2 miS
Cemetery
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
55 min walk • Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public park.
2.2 miSW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
56 min walk • The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824.
2.2 miS
Monuments and statues
Massasoit Statue, Plymouth
56 min walk • Massasoit is a statue by the American sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1921 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing. The sculpture is meant to represent the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving.
2.1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Hedge House, Plymouth
54 min walk • The Plymouth Antiquarian House is an historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The house was built in 1809 for William Hammatt, a New England sea captain. The Hedges, a family of entrepreneurs, purchased the house in 1830 and lived there until 1919.
2.5 miS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Richard Sparrow House, Plymouth
63 min walk • The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16-acre tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built.
4.2 miSW
41°57'12"N • 70°43'0"W
Colony Place, Plymouth
108 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.2 miS
Museum, History museum
Mayflower House Museum, Plymouth
55 min walk • The Mayflower House Museum is an 18th-century period historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts operated by The Mayflower Society, also known as the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. The Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in 1941.
5.7 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Priscilla Beach Theatre, Plymouth
145 min walk • Priscilla Beach Theatre, located in the Manomet section of Plymouth at Priscilla Beach, was one of the original "barn" theatres in America. It was founded in 1937 by Dr. Franklin Trask. His wife, Agnes, became PBT's first artistic director.
2.3 miS
Historical place, Historic walking areas, Street
Leyden Street, Plymouth
59 min walk • Leyden Street, is a street in Plymouth, Massachusetts that was created in 1620 by the Pilgrims, and claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited street in the thirteen colonies of British North America.
1.9 miSW
Park, Nature and wildlife
Holmes Reservation, Plymouth
48 min walk • Holmes Reservation is a conservation parcel located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. During the American Revolution, the land was used as a muster ground for the Plymouth militia.
1.7 miSW
Harbor
Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth
44 min walk • Plymouth Harbor is a harbor located in Plymouth, a town in the South Shore region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is part of the larger Plymouth Bay.