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Chatham Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod. In 1808 the first set of twin lights were constructed on the bluff named James' Head to act as a set of range lights for the shifting shoals of the Chatham Harbor entrance. Samuel Nye was appointed as the first Keeper of the Chatham Lights by then-President Thomas Jefferson on October 7, 1808. The "twins" were replaced twice, first in 1841, and again in 1879. In 1923, the northernmost twin light was moved roughly 12 miles north to Nauset Beach in Eastham, Massachusetts. Sixteen years later, in 1939, the Chatham lighthouse's light source, fueled by kerosene since 1882, became electric. The last major structural change to the light occurred in 1969 when its lens was replaced with a rotating lightsource generating over 2.8 million candlepower and said to be visible out to 25 miles at sea. Chatham light became automated in 1982 and operates during the daytime as well as at night. Today, the former keeper's house is an active U.S. Coast Guard station,and on-duty personnel living quarters. Search and Rescue, maritime law enforcement, and Homeland Security missions are carried out here. Flotilla 11-01 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary operates from this station. (WikiPedia)
Chatham Lighthouse Beach is a true Atlantic Ocean beach with cooler waters and sometimes tricky currents, located off Shore Road, a half mile from downtown. It's the largest beach in Chatham and is also arguably one of the best on the Cape, second only to Wellfleet's Coast Guard Beach, which makes the top five in every year in the Best Beaches of America list.
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