Watch Hill Lighthouse

Standing tall through tonight’s storm



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Painted and ready for SUMMER

June 21, 🌞 Summer Solstice is right around the corner

Thank you to all those who help keep this landmark beautiful!

Happy Thursday Rhody! See you all this weekend!

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Memorial Day marks the official beginning of the summer season in Watch Hill. On this day we switch our 5x8 winter flag with our 10x15 summer flag.

The Watch Hill Lghthouse Keepers Association co-sponsored an event with the Westerly Historical Society about The History of the Watch Hill Lighthouse and the US Lifesaving Station. Check out this YouTube link for the recorded presentation https://youtu.be/AJLDsx_1K8U

Please join us this Wednesday, May 13th, at 6:30 PM in the carriage house of the Babcock Smith House Museum located at 124 Granite Street in Westerly for a free presentation on the history of the Watch Hill Lighthouse and the Watch Hill Life Saving Station.

This event is co-sponsored by the Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association and the Westerly Historical Society.

It is free and open to the public. Free refreshments will be available.

Please join us next Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30 PM in the carriage house of the Babcock Smith Museum located at 124 Granite Street for an interesting discussion on the history of the Watch Hill Lighthouse and the Watch Hill Life Saving Station.

This is a free program. 

The public is welcome.

Free refreshments will be provided.

The Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association is co-sponsoring this educational event with the Westerly Historical Society. Please join us on Wednesday night at 6:30 for a presentation on the Wreck of the Onondaga, a steam powered freighter which sank off Watch Hill Point while evading a German U-boat during World War I.

The wreckage is a very popular diving site and several artifacts that have been salvaged from the wreck will be on display.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Our thanks to local resident Zach Perrin for sharing this beautiful and amazing winter sunset at the Watch Hill Lighthouse. This time of year, visitors get to see the sun set over the water, between the New York and Connecticut shorelines.