Entertainment/Leisure
The Thacher Island Experience
- Item Number
- 125
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 100 USD to djmhome
- Number of Bids
- 13 - Bid History
Item Description
Enjoy a complimentary excursion to historic Thacher Island (off Rockport), courtesy of the Thacher Island Association. Experience includes boat passage, tour of the island and its unique natural resources, and a free Thacher Island t-shirt.
Standing one hundred and sixty feet above the sea, the twin lighthouses of Thacher Island have stood guard over the coasts of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, since 1771. Anchored firmly on granite ledge, they overlook a fifty acre island, set three quarters of a mile off-shore from the Town of Rockport and its picturesque harbor. Providing support to these sentinels of the sea are a complex of keeper’s quarters, trails, oil houses, granite storage buildings and slate roofed oil house and barn.
Scenic trails take the visitor past rugged granite ledge, old graveyard, and high gravel bluffs overlooking cobble beaches. In the spring, the island is home to nesting colony of Herring Gull and Great-black-backed Gulls, and nests filled with eggs and chicks abound. The North Tower, which has been restored and relighted by the Thacher Island Association, with the help of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is accessible and open to the visitor. From the catwalk or lamp room, scenic vistas unfold, from the Boston skyline thirty-five miles to the southwest, to the shores of New Hampshire, and the peak of Mount Agamenticus on the coast of Maine to the north-west. The South Tower is still operated as an official aid to navigation by the U.S.Coast Guard and its blinking red light may be seen for miles. These towers are Americas last and only operating twin lighthouses and mark a very significant time in our country’s maritime history. The Cape Ann Light Station at Thacher Island has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S.Interior Department’s National Park Service.
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