Location: Mystic, CT
Height: 26 feet
Accessibility: You can go right up to it, with admission to the Mystic Seaport Museum.
Our visit: December 30, 2008
The Mystic Seaport Lighthouse is actually a REPLICA of the Brant Point Lighthouse in Nantucket, Massachusetts. It is part of the Mystic Seaport Museum.
We visited the museum because we like museums, history, and nautical information. We didn’t know that there would be a lighthouse replica, but it was pretty cool. It was even the same size as the Brand Point Lighthouse.
DEFINITELY visit the Mystic Seaport Museum. It’s an excellent museum. You could probably spend an entire day there.
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