Maine’s craggy peninsulas, inlets, and islands are home to more than 60 lighthouses -- the most of any New England state. Many of the lighthouses have distinctive characters and groups of fans. The famous Cape Neddick ("Nubble") Light in the south coast town of York is festooned with lights at Christmas. West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, on the Bay of Fundy, is located on the easternmost point of the United States. Lighthouses that have adjoining museums or gift shops include Portland Head Light and Museum in Cape Elizabeth; West Quoddy Light in Lubec; the Grindle Point Lighthouse and Sailors’ Memorial Museum in Islesboro, the Marshall Point Lighthouse and Museum in Port Clyde, and the Monhegan Island Light and Museum in Monhegan. One lighthouse, Isle de Haut Lighthouse, offers overnight accommodations at the Keeper’s House Inn.
Our thanks to the generous help of Jeremy D'Entremont. Photos by Jeremy D'Entremont.
Sailing from Ports in Rockland and Camden, ME, 04843 Phone: Toll-Free: 800-807-9463
Lighthouse fans will sail by many historic sentinels of the sea on board windjammers
Location: Easternmost point in the United States in the Bay of Fundy
Lighthouse Road Bass Harbor, ME Phone:
Location: At the end of Lighthouse Road off Route 102A in Bass Harbor
Location: About 2 miles east of the mouth of the Saco River
Location: Entrance to Muscongus Bay and John Bay Bristol, ME, 04558 Phone:
Location: Prospect Harbor Point
Location: Arrowsic Island, Kennebec River
Petit Manan Island Near Milbridge, ME Phone: 207-546-2124
Location: Off Petit Manan Point
1 Lighthouse Hill Monhegan, ME, 04852 Phone: 207-596-7003
Location: West side of southern approach to Portland Harbor
Nubble Road York, ME Phone:
Location: Cape Neddick, near entrance to York River
Location: Mark Island, Winter Harbor
Location: Approach to Portland Harbor, Casco Bay
Location: Perkins Island, Kennebec River
Piscataqua River Kittery, ME Phone:
Location: Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Harbor
Bug Light Park South Portland, ME, 04106 Phone:
Location: Entrance to Portland Harbor and the Fore River
Location: Lubec Channel
Location: Arrowsic Island, Kennebec River
1000 Shore Road Cape Elizabeth, ME, 04107 Phone: 207-799-2661
Location: Isle au Haut Bay
Location: Mark Island, Deer Island Thorofare
Location: Greens Island, entrance to Hurricane Sound
Location: About 20 miles south of Mount Desert Island
Location: in Acadia National Park
Location: Sheepscot River entrance
Location: Southern Island, Tenants Harbor, Penobscot Bay
Location: Blue Hill Bay approach
Location: Fox Islands Thorofare, Penobscot Bay
Location: Casco Bay, eastern approach to Portland Harbor
Location: East Penobscot Bay
Lighthouse Road Stockton Springs, ME, 04981 Phone: 207-567-3356
Location: Mouth of the Penobscot River
Location: Mouth of the Penobscot River
Location: Whitehead Island, Penobscot Bay
Location: Mistake Island
Location: Entrance to Port Clyde Harbor Port Clyde, ME, 04855 Phone:
Near Popham Beach Phippsburg, ME, 04562 Phone:
Location: About five miles from Matinicus Island, Penobscot Bay
Location: Entrance to Boothbay Harbor
Location: Green Island, Blue Hill Bay
Location: Pond Island, Narragaugus Bay
Location: Two Bush Channel, Penobscot Bay
Location: St. Croix River
Location: Rockport Harbor, Penobscot Bay
Owls Head Light State Park Owls Head, ME Phone: 207-941-4014
Location: West Penobscot Bay, entrance to Rockland Harbor
Location: Entrance to Casco Bay
Location: Gilkey Harbor Islesboro, ME, 04848 Phone: 207-734-2253
Location: About 6 miles east southeast of Cape Neddick
Location: Muscongus Bay
Location: Cape Porpoise Harbor
Location: Fisherman's Passage, Boothbay Harbor
Location: Little River Island, Cutler Harbor
Location: Robinson Point, Isle au Haut Thorofare Isle au Haut, ME Phone:
Location: Jameson Point, Rockland Harbor
Location: Entrance to Frenchman Bay
Location: About 1.5 miles south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, near Popham Beach
Location: Camden Harbor
Location: Machias Bay entrance
Location: Boothbay Harbor approach, off Cape Newagen
Location: Southeast mouth of Pleasant Bay
Location: Eggemoggin Reach / Penobscot Bay
Location: Northwest end of Vinalhaven Island
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