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Cape Elizabeth Light

Cape Elizabeth, Maine

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lighthouse and keeper's house
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Location: Entrance to Casco Bay; Nearest town: Cape Elizabeth

43 33 56 N
70 12 00 W

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Accessibility: The keeper's house is privately owned; the lighthouse and grounds are not open to the public. Views are available at the end of Two Lights Road (turn at the "Two Lights State Park" sign on Route 77), but parking can be difficult in summer.

Station established: 1828; Present lighthouse built: 1874; Automated: 1963

Construction material: Cast iron

Height of tower: 67 feet; Height of focal plane: 129 feet

Earlier optic: Second-order Fresnel (1874), now VRB-25

VRB-25 optic

Characteristic: Four white flashes every 15 seconds

Fog signal: Two blasts every 60 seconds

Other buildings still standing: 1874 west light house tower (discontinued 1924),1878 keeper's house (drastically remodeled in 1999), 1886 fog signal building

Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation. The lighthouse is licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation

Related sites

Two Lights State Park

Town of Cape Elizabeth

Maine.info: Resources for Maine Travel & Living

Maine Vacations Network - Cape Elizabeth

Previous lighthouse (south to north): Wood Island Light

Next lighthouse (south to north): Portland Head Light


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