Visit Lighthouse Spotting

With over 60 lighthouses dotting the Atlantic-facing shores of Maine, visitors to any coastal town will find at least a few nearby to admire. A good place to start is at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland. Here, you can find exhibits on the history of lighthouses and Maine’s maritime heritage, as well as plenty of information about individual lighthouses.

Owl’s Head Lighthouse and the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse can be visited nearby, and Indian Head Lighthouse can be viewed from the shore. Portland Head Lighthouse on Cape Elizabeth is one of the most photogenic of Maine’s many lighthouses. Adjacent to the lovely 90-acre Fort Williams Park, it is home to a lighthouse museum and a gift shop. One of the state’s most recognizable lighthouses is the Pemaquid Point Light in Bristol.

Visitors can climb the lighthouse tower and explore the Fishermen’s Museum, Learning Center, and Art Gallery on-site. If you want to see Maine’s lighthouses from a mariner’s perspective, there are several cruise operators that offer lighthouse boat tours. The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath is also a great place to learn more about lighthouses.

Official site: https://www.burntcoatharborlight.com/

Address: 12 Captain Strout Cir, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107, USA

Phone: 207-799-2661

Entrance fee: N/A

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