Location: Mouth of the Piscataqua River. Nearest town:
Kittery
43 03 31 N
70 41 48 W
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Accessibility: This lighthouse can be seen from
many spots on shore, including Fort
Foster in Kittery, Fort
Constitution, Fort
Stark, and Great
Island Common in New Castle, NH, and Odiorne
Point in Rye, NH. The lighthouse is accessible only by boat
and is closed to the public.
Station established: 1830; Present lighthouse built:
1872; Automated: 1963
Construction material: Granite
Height of tower: 50 feet; Height of focal plane: 59
feet
Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel; Present optic: VLB-44 (2009)
Photo by Deane Rykerson
Characteristic: Two white flashes every 10 seconds.
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds. The fog signal is radio
activated. During times of reduced visibility, mariners are requested
to turn their VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175MHZ. By keying their
microphone five times consecutively, while on channel 83A, this will
activate the fog signal for 45 minutes.
Click here to hear the fog signal
at Whaleback Light
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation
Owned by:
- American
Lighthouse Foundation
- P.O. Box 565
- Rockland, Maine 04841
- (207) 594-4174
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- Managed by:
- Friends
of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses
- P.O. Box 8232
- Portsmouth, NH 03802-8232
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