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Watch Hill Light — light characteristic, height, range

Alternating red and white every 5 seconds

Red.White.Once around every 5 seconds.

Characteristic
Al RW 5s
Height
61 ft · 19 m
Nominal range
14 nmi = 26 km
Structure
Square, gray granite tower attached to white building.
Remarks
Emergency light Fl W 2.5s of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. Lighted throughout 24 hours. HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 45 minutes.
Position
41.3039°N, 71.8584°W · RI
Watch Hill Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.

Lights nearby

  • Watch Hill Lighted Bell Buoy 2One red flash every 6 seconds · 479 m
  • Watch Hill Cove Channel Lighted Buoy 2One red flash every 4 seconds · 1.2 km
  • Little Narragansett Bay Channel Lighted Buoy 23One green flash every 4 seconds · 1.9 km
  • Little Narragansett Bay Channel Lighted Buoy 19One green flash every 2.5 seconds · 2.1 km
  • Napatree Point Ledge Lighted Bell Buoy 6One red flash every 4 seconds · 2.6 km
  • Little Narragansett Bay Channel Lighted Buoy 13One green flash every 4 seconds · 3.5 km
  • Lords Passage Lighted Whistle Buoy LMorse A (·−) in white · 4.2 km
  • Stonington Outer Breakwater Light 4One red flash every 4 seconds · 4.4 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).

Sources: U.S. Coast Guard Light List (opens in a new tab) · Checked

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