Derby Wharf Light Station — Attraction in Salem

A nice stroll to see a cute little lighthouse.

This tiny lighthouse reminded be of Bug Light in South Portland, ME albeit a square version of a small lighthouse next to nice city with historical importance and nice views. If you are in Salem and are a lighthouse buff or are looking for a leisurely stroll on a nice day add this to your itinerary. Given its size, it cannot compare to the likes of Portland Head Light, Nubble Light, Sullivan's Island Light, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, or many others along the East Coast, but is nonetheless important.

You can walk right up to it and touch it if you so desire. Enroute you will pass the historic Pedrick Storehouse which was moved from nearby Marblehead, MA. Look closely and you will see the old square headed nails in the trim work. As you walk along historic Derby Wharf you will also pass by the Friendship of Salem, a replica of a 1797 ship and bears the same name as the original Friendship built in Salem that year.

While there be sure to see the Derby House. The Custom House, the old Narbonne House (note the slanted wall), and the Home for Aged Women. If you can find a parking spot in the area make the best of it and take in all the sights and imagine what the wharf used to look like back in the day with all the shipping and loading and...

If you are from a place that is not near the ocean, then you must visit this wharf and lighthouse while you are in Salem. This place really lets you feel what the ocean is all about, without having to be on a boat, and possibly get motion sickness. Its a good long walk, but its nice to think of how many boats and ships must have been tied there at one time. Picture the smell of the tar of the ships, the shouting of the sailors, the seagulls swooping, trying to snatch one of the fish being offloaded. All is quiet now, in comparison. A peaceful walk, on a sunny day, the sea breeze ...

I been out there a few times it's kewl but if ya Really want a Amazing Special place try Waikiki Beach, Winter Island .Salem Willows with the Lighthouse ( Which dates to like 1600s and has quite the history itself Wikipedia it ) in front and Fort Pickering directly behind ya which has an amazing story behind it also. You can feel the Spirit's out there AMAZING . This pic was like 3 am on a Bicycle ride mid July Full Moon Blazing looking Due East out into the Atlantic...