Sandy Neck – A Cape Cod Lighthouse ‘Wild’ With Charm

They are hard to ignore.

Cape Cod lighthouses are sprinkled up and down the coast.

Sure, they are pretty to look at from a distance. But seeing them up close – well, that’s just a magical experience.

Many Cape Cod lighthouses date back to the early 1800′s. The Sandy Neck Lighthouse in Barnstable Harbor is one of them.

When it was first built in 1827, Sandy Neck consisted of just a lantern on the roof of the keeper’s house. In 1857, the old lighthouse was replaced by a brick tower , followed by a new keeper’s house in 1880.

By 1931, sand had built up at the tip of Sandy Neck, making the lighthouse’s position less important. The lighthouse was decommissioned, and a skeleton tower with a beacon was placed 200 feet closer to the tip of Sandy Neck. 

Eventually, the lantern was removed and the site was sold to private ownership.

Today, Sandy Neck is a wildlife refuge – and its lantern room has been restored thanks to the Sandy Neck Lighthouse Restoration Committee.

Given its long history and location, the Sandy Neck Lighthouse is a popular Cape Cod attraction.

It’s a great half-day excursion mixed in, maybe, with a day at the beach.

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