Location: Cape Neddick, near entrance to York
River; Nearest town: York, Maine
43 09 54 N
70 35 30 W
MapQuest Link
Accessibility: Follow Nubble Road east from Route
1A (Long Beach Ave.) in York, near Long Sands Beach, for about
1 mile to Sohier Park. Click
here for more detailed directions.
There is free parking at Sohier Park with an excellent
view of the lighthouse. The lighthouse and grounds are not open
to the public.
Station established: 1879; Present lighthouse built:
1879; Automated: 1987
Construction materials: Cast iron lined with brick
Height of tower: 41 feet; Height of focal plane: 88
feet
Original optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1879); Present
optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1928)
Characteristic: Three seconds red alternating with
three seconds darkness
Fog signal: One blast every 10 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1879 keeper's house,
1902 oil house, storage building, 1978 boathouse
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation
Property maintained by the Town of York
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