Race Point Lighthouse at the northern tip of Cape Cod Bay in Provincetown Barnstable County Massachusetts shows the white rubblestone tower with attached keeper’s quarters amid sandy dunes.

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Provincetown’s mariners petitioned Congress as early as 1808 for a light to guide ships around the treacherous sandbars and strong “race” currents off Race Point, leading to construction of a 25-foot rubblestone tower first lit in 1816 as Cape Cod’s third lighthouse.

Despite its early success, the original tower deteriorated, prompting replacement in 1876 with a 45-foot cast-iron tower lined with brick alongside a new keeper’s dwelling, both of which still occupy this remote National Seashore site today.

During the Revolutionary War the British frigate HMS Somerset was wrecked on the hazardous bars near Race Point, underscoring the importance of this light station for vessels traveling between Boston and points south.

Visitors today can tour the lighthouse on summer weekends or reserve overnight stays in the restored keeper’s house and whistle house, experiencing the same sweeping vistas of the Atlantic that early mariners relied upon.

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