My replica of the Race Point Lighthouse
comes with
your choice of:
- Cedar Wood Construction for either indoor or outdoor display
- Pine Wood Construction for indoor use only
The base price includes:
- Aluminum exterior light housing
- Brass and Copper railings
- Windows that reflect light
- Standard 40 Watt Bulb, 120 Volt AC incandescent light fixture
- Hand crafted and hand painted detail
- Choice of interior or exterior wiring on Cedar replicas
- Interior wiring with In Line On/Off switch on Pine replicas
Options available for the Race Point Lighthouse are:
- Nightlight 7 Watt Bulb, small base light fixture and lantern lens
- Flashing Beacon Kit and lantern lens
- In Line On/Off switch for interior wiring on Cedar replicas
- Outdoor Photo-electric cell for dusk to dawn operation
- Inside Photo-electric cell for automatic night light operation
- 3 to 21 foot Vinyl Coated Galvanized Steel security cable
- Historical Appearance
HEIGHT: 25 Inches
WIDTH: 16 Inches
SHAPE: Conical
WEIGHT: 9.5 Pounds
The Race Point Lighthouse Station was established in 1816 with a 25 foot stone tower and Keeper's House. The current tower was built in 1876 along with a brick fog signal building, oil house and two story wooden frame keeper's house. The new tower was equipped with a fourth order Fresnel Lens. The light was automated in 1978 and now displays a solar powered modern optic.
The Race Point Lighthouse continues to be an active aid to navigation displaying a white flashing light every 10 seconds and the optic is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The 45 foot tall white cast iron tower is lined with brick and is occasionally open to the public. The keeper's house was fully restored in 2002 by the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation which has stewardship of the light station.
June 2002 Issue , Race Point Tower Restoration. "Thanks to the efforts of volunteers of the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, the tower at Race Point Lighthouse, at the end of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, now looks like it did 100 years ago." Please go to the Lighthouse Digest Magazine Archives to read this article. Lighthouse Digest magazine not only keeps the history of our lighthouses alive both in print and on line, but it is the best single source to keep current on all aspects of lighthouse preservation, news and events.
The Race Point Lighthouse is located at the northern tip of Cape Cod on the Cape Cod National Seashore and the grounds are open to the public. The station is only accessible by foot or 4 wheel drive vehicle with a valid oversand permit. Directions: From Route 6 on Cape Cod, continue North (East) to Provincetown. Turn right onto Race Point Rd and follow the signs to the Oversand permit station. Access the beach and continue north approximately 2 miles to the lighthouse. Vehicle access is restricted to approved vehicles with a valid oversand permit and must be inspected by the Park Ranger's staff before using the oversand trails. Vehicle access may be further restricted or banned altogether to protect endangered Piping Plovers that nest in the area in late Spring - early Summer.
Visitors can arrange to spend the night in the restored keeper's house through the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation. Transportation to the lighthouse for overnight guests is provided by the Chapter as long as vehicle access is permitted (The early Summer 2006 guest schedule at the keeper's house had to be cancelled as Piping Plovers had successfully nested along both oversand vehicle access routes).
Please visit the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation's Race Point Lighthouse website for information on visiting or spending a night at the Race Point Lightstation.
Please visit the U.S. National Park Service's Cape Cod National Seashore - Off-Road Vehicle web page for information and regulations on visiting the Race Point Lighthouse by vehicle.
For more photographs and history of the Race Point Lighthouse, you can visit the:
United States Coast Guard Historians' Official Web Site
New England Lighthouses - A Virtual Guide
Lighthouse Explorer Database
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce - For other attractions and information when visiting the Race Point Lighthouse.