Gay Head Light — light characteristic, height, range

3 white + 1 red flashes every 30 seconds

Count 30 seconds.Flash white 3×, then red 1×.Begin again.

Characteristic: Fl (3+1) WR 30s
Height: 175 ft · 53 m
Nominal range: 14 nmi = 26 km
Structure: Red brick tower.
Remarks: Obscured from 342° to 359° by Nomans Land; light occasionally visible through notches in hilltop.
Position: 41.3485°N, 70.8344°W · MA

Gay Head Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.

Lights nearby

Gay Head Lighted Gong Buoy 31One green flash every 4 seconds · 2.9 km
Menemsha Creek Entrance Lighted Bell Buoy 1One green flash every 2.5 seconds · 5.4 km
Menemsha Creek Entrance Jetty Light 2One red flash every 4 seconds · 5.5 km
Menemsha Creek Entrance Jetty Light 3One green flash every 4 seconds · 5.5 km
Vineyard Sound Entrance Lighted Buoy 30One red flash every 4 seconds · 5.7 km
Vineyard Sound Lighted Buoy 29One green flash every 4 seconds · 8.3 km
Quicks Hole Entrance Lighted Bell Buoy 1One green flash every 4 seconds · 9.1 km
Vineyard Sound Entrance Lighted Whistle Buoy 32One red flash every 2.5 seconds · 10 km

Not for navigation. Use official NOAA charts and USCG Local Notices to Mariners.

Real periods; the phase is reconstructed from a fixed clock (real lights don't keep time with each other).