Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping...

Maine, encompassing numerous historical sites. Famous for having Portland Head Light on its grounds, the park also encompasses the decommissioned and...

The Portland Breakwater Light (also called Bug Light) is a small lighthouse in South Portland, Maine. The lighthouse was first built in 1855, as a wooden...

Coast. The light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as West Quoddy Head Light Station on July 4, 1980. West Quoddy Head is an easterly-pointing...

Elizabeth Lights Portland Head Light Ram Island Ledge Light Spring Point Ledge Light Portland Breakwater (Bug) Light Halfway Rock Light Forts in Casco Bay:...

survive but only one of each pair is active. The Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, is the oldest light in the state and was the first US lighthouse...

that starts at Crescent Beach State Park (the "beach") and ends at Portland Head Light (the "beacon"). The race draws runners from all parts of the U.S...

lighthouse (after Portland Head Light) and the nation's eleventh-oldest. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Wood Island Light Station on...

commemorative plaque was erected on the grounds of Fort Williams Park near Portland Head Light. The ship's wreckage was located in June 2018, and visited by a civilian...

Dyce Head Light is a lighthouse in the town of Castine, Maine. First established in 1829, the light was deactivated in 1937 and replaced by a skeleton...

Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance...

Island Ledge Light is a lighthouse in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, marking the northern end of the main channel leading the harbor of Portland, Maine....

Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western...

was redeveloped into Fort Williams Park. A 14-acre purchase near Portland Head Light in 1872 served to establish a sub-post to Fort Preble located at...

Machias Seal Island are unstaffed.[citation needed] The Machias Seal Island light had been automated several years prior to the announcement, but Global Affairs...

Portland (/ˈpɔːrtlənd/ PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern...

sunrise view over the Casco Bay and Portland Head Light, and ending at Fort Allen Park with a full sweep of Portland Harbor. The park includes a series...

The Cape Neddick Light is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In 1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to build a light station at the "Nubble" and...

Aires, Argentina, on 24 December 1886, when she struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Lighthouse Keeper Joshua Strout, his son...

Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people. Historically tied to commercial shipping, the marine economy, and light industry...

Harbor Defenses of Portland, in World War II. During that war the former western lighthouse was a fire control tower. Cape Elizabeth Light, designed in the...

Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established...

"Ocean" signs placed there by the production. Scenes of Maine's Portland Head Light were filmed during the ice storm of 1998. The film includes a clip...

Manchester, New Hampshire; Hartford, Connecticut; Worcester, Massachusetts; Portland, Maine; and Burlington, Vermont. In Connecticut, Litchfield, Fairfield...

The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County...

The Pemaquid Point Light is a historic U.S. lighthouse located in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, at the tip of the Pemaquid Neck. The lighthouse was...

most rural. Maine's capital is Augusta, and its most populous city is Portland, with a total population of 68,408, as of the 2020 census. The territory...

Confederate raiding party entered the harbor at Portland late in the evening, sailing past Portland Head Light. The rebels disguised themselves as fishermen;...

Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping...

Island Light, Florida 101 feet (31 m) - St. Croix River Light, Maine 101 feet (22 m) - Portland Head Light, Maine 100 feet (30 m) - Point Fermin Light, California...