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Marblehead Light is situated on Marblehead Neck in Essex County, Massachusetts. The current tower is a skeletal structure that replaced the original 1835 brick and wood tower in 1895. It is the only tower of its type in New England, the next similar tower is to be found at Coney Island, New York..

Location - Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°30′19.6″N 70°50′1.2″W
Constructed: 1835 replaced 1895
Foundation: Concrete
Construction: Cast Iron (current)
Tower height: 105 feet (32 m)
Tower shape: Square skeletal
Markings: Brown with black gallery and lantern
First lit: 1835 (original light)
Automated: 1960
Focal height: 130 feet (40 m)
Lens: Sixth-Order Fresnel lens (original), 300 millimetres (12 in) (current)
Range: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic: Fixed green

I was here on August 19 2021. I was also here an July 13 2022

The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard, but licensed to the Town of Marblehead. Grounds open, tower closed.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15 1987

Access: Car