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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in Maine

 

The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.

 

Baker Island Light (1855)

Location: Mount Desert Island/Somes Sound approach
Acadia National Park

 

Bass Harbor Head Light (1858)

Location: Mount Desert Island

 

Bear Island Light (1889)

Location: Bear Island/Northeast Harbor

 

Blue Hill Bay Light (1857)

Location: Green Island/Blue Hill Bay

 

Boon Island Light (1855)

Location: Boon Island off York Beach

 

Browns Head Light (1857)

Location: Northwest end of Vinalhaven Island

 

Burnt Coat Harbor Light (1872)

Location: Hockomock Head/Swans Island

 

Burnt Island Light (1821)

Location: Boothbay Harbor entrance

 

Cape Elizabeth Lights (1874)

Location: Casco Bay entrance

 

Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light (1879)

Location: Off Cape Neddick/York Harbor

 

The Cuckolds Light (1907)

Location: Cape Newagen/Boothbay approach

 

Curtis Island Light (1896)

Location: Camden Harbor entrance/Penobscot Bay

 

Deer Island Thorofare Light (1857)

Location: Mark Island/Deer Island Thorofare

 

Dice Head Light (Old) (1829)

Location: Penobscot River mouth

 

Doubling Point (Kennebec River) Range Lights (1898)

Location: Arrowsic Island/Kennebec River

 

Doubling Point Light (1899)

Location: Arrowsic Island/Kennebec River

 

Eagle Island Light (1838)

Location: East Penobscot Bay

 

Egg Rock Light (1875)

Location: Entrance to Frenchman Bay near Winter Harbor

 

Fort Point Light (1857)

Location: Entrance to Penobscot River

 

Franklin Island Light (1855)

Location: Muscongus Bay

 

Goat Island Light (1859)

Location: Goat Island/Cape Porpoise Harbor

 

Goose Rocks Light (1890)

Location: East entrance to Fox Islands Thorofare

 

Great Duck Island Light (1890)

Location: Blue Hill Bay approach

 

Grindle Point Light (1874)

Location: Gilkey Harbor

 

Halfway Rock Light (1871)

Location: Casco Bay off Bailey Island

 

Hendricks Head Light (1875)

Location: Sheepscot River entrance

 

Heron Neck Light (1854)

Location: Green's Island

 

Indian Island Light (1874)

Location: Indian Island/Rockport Harbor

 

Isle au Haut (Robinson Point) Light (1907)

Location: Robinson Point

 

Libby Island Light (1848)

Location: Machias Bay entrance

 

Little River Light (1876)

Location: Little River Island/Cutler Harbor

 

Lubec Channel Light (1890)

Location: Lubec Channel

 

Marshall Point Light (1857)

Location: Port Clyde Harbor entrance
Current use: Active aid to navigation, museum

 

Matinicus Rock Light (Twin Towers) (1857)

Location: 6 miles south of Matinicus Island

 

Monhegan Island Light (1850)

Location: Monhegan Island

 

Moose Peak Light (1851)

Location: Mistake Island/Eastern Bay

 

Mount Desert Rock Light (1847)

Location: South of Mount Desert Island

 

Narraguagus (Pond Island) Light (1853)

Location: East side of Pond Island/Narraguagus Bay

 

Nash Island Light (1874)

Location: Southeast mouth of Pleasant Bay

 

Owls Head Light (1852)

Location: West Penobscot Bay/Rockland Harbor

 

Pemaquid Point Light (1835)

Location: Entrance to Muscongus Bay

 

Perkins Island Light (1898)

Location: Perkins Island/Kennebec River

 

Petit Manan Light (1855)

Location: Off Petit Manan Point

 

Pond Island Light (1855)

Location: West side of Kennebec River entrance

 

Portland Breakwater (Bug) Light (1875)

Location: Portland Harbor

 

Portland Head Light (1791)

Location: Portland Harbor/Casco Bay

 

Prospect Harbor Point Light (1891)

Location: Prospect Harbor Point

 

Pumpkin Island Light (1854)

Location: Eggemoggin Reach/Penobscot Bay

 

Ram Island Ledge Light (1905)

Location: Portland Harbor/Casco Bay

 

Ram Island Light (1883)

Location: Ram Island/Boothbay Harbor

 

Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light (1902)

Location: Jameson Point/Rockland Harbor

 

Saddleback Ledge Light (1839)

Location: Isle au Haut Bay

 

Seguin Island Light (1857)

Location: Kennebec River/South of Georgetown

 

Spring Point Ledge Light (1897)

Location: Portland Harbor

 

Squirrel Point Light (1898)

Location: Arrowsic Island/Kennebec River

 

Tenants Harbor Light (1857)

Location: Southern Island

 

Two Bush Island Light (1897)

Location: Two Bush Channel/Penobscot Bay approach

 

West Quoddy Head Light (1858)

Location: West Quoddy Bay/Bay of Fundy

 

Whaleback Ledge Light (1872)

Location: Portsmouth Harbor/Piscataqua River

 

Whitehead Island Light (1852)

Location: Whitehead Island/Penobscot Bay southern entrance

 

Whitlock's Mill Light (1909)

Location: St. Croix River south bank

 

Winter Harbor Light (1856)

Location: Mark Island/Winter Harbor

 

Wood Island Light (1858)

Location: East side of Wood Island/Saco River mouth

 

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