Location: West Penobscot Bay, entrance to Rockland
Harbor
Nearest town: Owl's Head
44 05 33 N
69 02 39 W
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Station established: 1825; Present lighthouse built:
1852; Automated: 1989
Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 30
feet; Height of focal plane: 100 feet
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Optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1856), still in use
Characteristic: Fixed white
Fog signal: Two blasts every 20 seconds
Other buildings still standing: 1854 keeper's house
(now Coast Guard housing), 1895 oil house, generator building
Active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
Accessibility: The lighthouse is located in Owls
Head Light State Park. There is a large parking area near the
lighthouse, and the grounds are open to the public.
Owls Head Light State Park
Owls Head, Maine 04854
207-941-4014 The lighthouse and keeper's house are not open
to the public. The tower is licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation and is managed by the Friends of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse.
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