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Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor.

Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Coordinates: : 42°1′16.4″N 70°11′36.6″W
Constructed: 1864 (lookout station);1872 (lighthouse built)
Foundation: Concrete
Construction: Brick
Automated: 1961
Height: 39ft(12m)
Tower shape: Square, pyramidal
Markings: White with black lantern (originally painted brown
First lit: 1872
Focal height: 45 ft (14 m)
Lens: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (original), VRB-25 (current)
Range: 13 Nautical Miles
Characteristic: Fl Red 10s (Red flash every 10 seconds)
Fog signal: Horn:one 3-second blast every 30 seconds Previous (1902): 1,000 lb (450 kg) fog bell

Saw this lighthouse on July 12 2022.

You can view this lighthouse from Commercial Street in Provincetown at the foot of the breakwater, which leads to the lighthouse, but the views are distant.
To reach the lighthouse, you can walk the 1/2 mile breakwater, and then trudge another 1/2 mile through sand.

The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard but maintained by the American Lighthouse Foundation. Grounds open, tower closed.

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

Access: Car and some hiking or a boat for better views.