Owls Head Light

Owls Head Light
Owls Head Light
Map
LocationOwls Head, Maine
Coordinates44°05′30″N 69°02′38″W / 44.09167°N 69.04389°W / 44.09167; -69.04389[1]
Tower
Constructed1825
FoundationGranite
ConstructionBrick
Automated1989
Height9 m (30 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeCylindrical
MarkingsWhite with black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signalHorn: 2 every 20s
Light
First lit1825
Focal height100 feet (30 m)
Lens4th order Fresnel lens[2]
Range16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
CharacteristicFixed white
Owls Head Light Station
Nearest cityOwls Head, Maine
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built byJeremiah Berry; Green & Foster
NRHP reference No.78000183
Added to NRHPJanuary 18, 1978

The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine.[3][4][5] The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation.[6] It is the centerpiece of 13-acre (5.3 ha) Owls Head State Park[7] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Owls Head Light Station in 1978.[8]

  1. ^ "Owls Head". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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  3. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2017. p. 36.
  4. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Rowlett, Russ (April 5, 2017). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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