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| Location | Owls Head, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 44°05′30″N 69°02′38″W / 44.09167°N 69.04389°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1825 |
| Foundation | Granite |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1989 |
| Height | 9 m (30 ft)  |
| Shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings | White with black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | Horn: 2 every 20s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1825 |
| Focal height | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens[2] |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fixed white |
Owls Head Light Station | |
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| Nearest city | Owls Head, Maine |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built by | Jeremiah Berry; Green & Foster |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000183 |
| Added to NRHP | January 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]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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