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| Location | Penobscot Bay entrance, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°58′43.369″N 69°7′27.397″W / 43.97871361°N 69.12427694°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1804 |
| Foundation | Natural / emplaced |
| Construction | Granite |
| Automated | 1982 |
| Height | 41 feet (12 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | Natural |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 30s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1852 (current structure) |
| Focal height | 75 feet (23 m) |
| Lens | 3rd order Fresnel lens (1855), 12 inches (300 mm), (1982) |
| Range | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Oc G 4s |
Whitehead Light Station | |
| Location | Whitehead Island, St. George, Maine |
| Area | 11.1 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| MPS | Light Stations of Maine MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000154[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1988 |
Whitehead Light is a lighthouse on Whitehead Island, on Muscle Ridge Channel, in the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine. It is in the town of St.George. Established in 1804, it is one of Maine's oldest light stations, with its present tower built in 1852 to a design attributed to Alexander Parris.[2][3][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitehead Light Station on March 14, 1988.[1] The property is now owned by not for profit Pine Island Camp. Whitehead light station offers to the public various stays at the light station from getaway weekends to learning retreats and renting the station as a vacation home. The light itself remains an active aid to navigation, maintained by the United States Coast Guard.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 41.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (December 7, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.