Location: Southern tip of Mount
Desert Island, east side of southern entrance to Blue Hill Bay.
Nearest town: Bass Harbor
44 13 19 N
68 20 14 W
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Accessibility: At the end
of Lighthouse Road off route 102A in Bass Harbor, free parking.
The grounds are open to the public; the lighthouse is not. Open
all year, 9:00 a.m. to sunset. To reach the lighthouse,
follow Route 3 across the causeway onto Mount Desert Island.
At a traffic light, bear right onto Route 102 South. Follow Route
102 through Somesville and Southwest Harbor. Follow Route 102
and Route 102A south through Bass Harbor. Where Route 102A turns
left, continue straight onto Lighthouse Road and follow to the
free parking area.
Station established: 1858
Present lighthouse built: 1858
Automated: 1974
Other buildings still standing: 1858 keeper's house,
1902 oil house, 1905 barn
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, Coast Guard
housing.
Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 32
feet; Height of focal plane: 56 feet
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Original optic: Fifth-order Fresnel (1858)
Present optic: Fourth-order Fresnel (1902) 
Characteristic: Occulting red 4 seconds (three seconds
red, then one second darkness)
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