Massachusetts Islands Resources

PBS Legendary Lighthouses
Great site for learning about New England Lighthouses

Cyberlights
Lighthouse info from all over their travels.

Lighthouse Friends
Lighthouse info and up to date lighthouse news.

New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide
For those who want to learn in depth historical info and accounts of New England's lighthouses, Jeremy D'Entremont's site is the main reference.

Some Great Book References:

• Lights & Legends, A Historical Guide to Lighthouses of Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, and Block Island Sound, Harlan Hamilton, 1987.
• The Lighthouses of Connecticut, Jeremy D’Entremont, 2005.
  Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
• Capsule Histories of Some Local Islands and Light Houses in the Eastern Part of L.I. Sound, Benjamin Rathbun, 2001.
• The Lighthouses of Massachusetts by Jeremy D'Entremont.
• Lighthouse Mysteries of the North Atlantic, Robert Ellis Cahill, 1998
• Historically Famous Lighthouses, U. S. Coast Guard
  Northern Lighthouses, Ray Jones, 1994.
• Lighthouses of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket - Their History and Lore, Clark
• The Lighthouses of Rhode Island by Jeremy D'Entremont, Cider Mill Press.
• Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
• Northern Lighthouses, Ray Jones, 1994.
• America’s Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, 1996.
• The Lighthouse Companion, Paul Rezendes, 2004, Tide Mark Press
• The Lighthouses of Maine by Jeremy D'Entremont, Cider Mill Press.

Interested in famous lighthouse stories and folklore, check out my book “New England Lighthouses: Famous Shipwrecks, Rescues, and Other Tales” with over 40 detailed stories. Published by Schiffer Books.