See Plymouth (Gurnet) Lighthouse, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Plymouth Light, or Gurnet Light as it is known locally, lays claim to an impressive list of lighthouse titles. It was home to America’s first set of twin lights and first woman lighthouse keeper, and is now home to the country’s oldest freestanding wooden lighthouse. The Gurnet, a 27-acre peninsula forming the northern boundary of Plymouth Bay, is located 3.8 nautical miles northeast of Plymouth Rock. The Pilgrims knew the land as “the gurnett’s nose,” apparently naming the area for similar headlands in the English Channel, where the gurnet fish flourished along Devonshire’s shores. Along with its cold, protected waters rich in sea life, the Pilgrims and other earlier settlers may have been drawn by its wild beauty. Springtime finds the crisp salt air scented by beach rose, pine and cedar, dune grass sways in the breeze, light plays off the water onto the pebbled shore, and new plants gleam like emeralds. You can rent the Keeper's Quarter's by the week or by the month. The view of Plymouth Bay and Cape Cod Bay is breathtaking. On a very clear day you can see Pilgrim Momument in Provincetown, the tip of Cape Cod from the top of the Light. There is one more Lighthouse connected with this one. It is called Bug Light, Duxbury Pier Light, which is at the entrance to Duxbury, Kingston & Plymouth Harbors. They are both maintained by Project Gurnet & Bug Lights.

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