Location: Cranberry Islands, about 4 miles southeast
of Mount Desert Island, in Acadia
National Park
Nearest town: Islesford
44 14 29 N
68 11 56 W
MapQuest Link
Accessibility: Baker
Island is reached by boat only. The Bar
Harbor Whale Watch Company offers a tour of the island. The lighthouse tower is not open to the public.
|
Station established: 1828; Present lighthouse built:
1855; Deactivated 1955-57; Relighted and automated 1957
Characteristic: Flashing white every 10 seconds
Construction material: Brick. Height of tower: 43
feet; Height of focal plane: 105 feet
Earlier optic: Fourth-order Fresnel
Other buildings still standing: 1855 keeper's house,
1895 oil house, 1905 fuel house, two storage buildings |
