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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.
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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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