Location: Cape Porpoise Harbor; Nearest town: Kennebunkport
43 21 30 N
70 25 30 W
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- Accessibilty: The island is accessible by boat
only.
- The island and lighthouse are not open to the
public except by special arrangement.
Station established: 1833; Present lighthouse built:1859;
Automated: 1990
Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 25
feet; Height of focal plane: 38 feet
Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel (1859); Present
optic: VLB-44 LED (2008)
Characteristic: Flashing white every six seconds;
Fog signal: One blast every 15 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1859 keeper's house,
1905 boathouse, 1907 oil house, 2011 fog bell tower (reconstruction)
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. Buildings
and grounds managed by:
Kennebunkport
Conservation Trust
- P.O. Box 7028
- Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014
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- Email: info@thekennebunkportconservationtrust.org
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