Location: Prospect Harbor Point, east side of Schoodic
Peninsula
Nearest town: Prospect Harbor (a village of Gouldsboro).
44 24 12 N
68 00 48 W
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Accessibility: The lighthouse is on a Navy base
and is not open to the public, but you
can drive to the entrance of the Navy installation for a good
view. From Route 1, take Route 195 South for about five
miles to Prospect Harbor. Turn left onto Main Street. After a
very short distance, turn right onto Corea Road. Where the road
bears left toward Corea, drive straight onto Lighthouse Point
Road. Follow to the gate of the Navy installation. There are
no real parking spaces; pull to the side of the road. Good views
of the lighthouse are possible from the rocky beach, especially
at low tide. The lighthouse can also be seen from across the
harbor on the grounds of the Stinson Canning Company on Route
186 in Prospect Harbor.
Station established: 1850; Present lighthouse built:
1891; Automated: 1951
Construction material: Wood
Height of tower: 38 feet; Height of focal plane: 42
feet
Earlier optic: Fifth-order Fresnel lens (1870); Present
optic: 250 mm
Characteristic: Flashing red every six seconds with
two white sectors
Other buildings still standing: 1891 keeper's house,
1905 oil house, boathouse
Buildings other than the lighthouse tower belong to
the U.S. Navy
The lighthouse tower is licensed to:
- American
Lighthouse Foundation
- P.O. Box 565
- Rockland, Maine 04841
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