Sightseeing - Maine Lighthouses
American Lighthouse Foundation
PO Box 565
Rckland, ME 04841
Phone: (207) 594-4174
Description: The mission of the American Lighthouse Foundation is to preserve lighthouses, and also to improve public access to and awareness of these historic treasures. The website includes a discussion of a number of Maine lighthouses.
New England Lighthouses
Description: This web site guide is perfect for photos and histories of Maine lighthouses (over 60 of them). Created by a lighthouse historian, the site includes original lighthouse photos, extensive lighthouse histories and helpful visitor info for nearly 200 New England lighthouses. Simply a wealth of information on lighthouses, their keepers and their rich traditions.
Maine Lighthouses Map & Guide
Description: Illustrated map and guide to all the lighthouses in Maine. Each lighthouse is named and located on a highway map of Maine. Also included is a brief history of each Maine lighthouse plus directions to the lighthouse or to the best viewing spot.
Lighthouses of Maine Guidebook
Description: The Lighthouses of Maine Guidebook offers practical travel information, stunning color photographs and rich maritime history all included within this guide to lighthouses in Maine.
Lighthouses and Lightships of Casco Bay
Description: Lighthouses and Lightships of Casco Bay is a guide to the many historically and architecturally significant lighthouses and lightships of Casco Bay. Includes historic photographs.
Kennebec Range Lights
Description: Website guide to a unique series of lighthouses - the Kennebec River Range Lights. Among the the very few wooden lighthouses in the country, and the only range lights among Maine's over 60 lighthouses. Explore the site to learn how these lights work, the mathematics involved in their deployment, how to navigate with them and something about their history.
National Park Service - Lighthouses to Visit
Description: This National Park Service web site guide is perfect for photos and histories of Maine lighthouses (over 60 of them). There are photos, historical information and public access data on virtually all Maine lighthouses. The following is a list of Maine lighthouses that are open to the public (though in many cases, only the lighthouse grounds are open, so check the following online listings to be sure): Baker Island Light,
Bass Harbor Head Light,
Browns Head Light,
Burnt Coat Harbor Light,
Burnt Island Light,
Cape Neddick "Nubble" Light,
Curtis Island Light,
Dice Head Light,
Fort Point Light,
Goat Island Light,
Grindel Point Light,
Isle Au Haut (Robinson Point) Light,
Marshall Point Light,
Matinicus Rock Light,
Monhegan Island Light,
Owls Head Light,
Pemaquid Point Light,
Perkins Island Light,
Petit Manan Light,
Portland Breakwater Light ("Bug Light"),
Portland Head Light,
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light,
Seguin Island Light,
Spring Point Ledge Light and
West Quoddy Head Light.
The following is a list of Maine lighthouses that are NOT open to the public (at least not through the National Park Service): Bear Island Light, Blue Hill Bay Light, Boon Island Light, Cape Elizabeth Lights, Cuckolds Light, Deer Island Thorofare Light, Doubling Point (Kennebec River) Range Lights, Doubling Point Light, Eagle Island Light, Egg Rock Light, Franklin Island Light, Goose Rocks Light, Great Duck Island Light, Halfway Rock Light, Hendricks Head Light, Heron Neck Light, Indian Island Light, Libby Island Light, Lubec Channel Light, Moose Peak Light, Mount Desert Rock Light, Narraguagus (Pond Island) Light, Nash Island Light, Pond Island Light, Prospect Harbor Point Light, Pumpkin Island Light, Ram Island Ledge Light, Ram Island Light, Saddleback Ledge Light, Squirrel Point Light, Tenants Harbor Light, Two Bush Island Light, Whaleback Ledge Light, Whitehead Island Light, Whitlock's Mill Light, Winter Harbor Light and Wood Island Light.
Our Point of View - 14 Years at a Maine Lighthouse
Description: Two lighthouse enthusiasts share their stunning photographs and deeply emotional journals of the trials and tribulations of their 14 year residence at the lightkeeper's house at the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine. To quote one reviewer, "I don't think I have ever read something and felt the emotion like I did with these entries. To read and feel the sadness, heartache, the joy and excitement along with the horror is the most amazing reader experience. This book makes a great gift, it's not a one time read, it is a book to be enjoyed over and over."
Portland Head Light - Pictorial Journey Through Time
Description: The most complete book on Maine's Portland Head Lighthouse ever published. Includes rare and historic photos of Portland Head Light, plus memories and stories of the keepers who lived there, such as those about the ghost, the sea serpent and more. Also includes historical information about nearby lighthouses. Also be sure to visit the web site of the Portland Head Light museum in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Maine Coast
Description: Rare photos plus well researched historical text about lighthouses along the Maine coast. Nice book for lighthouse buffs
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Description: Ages 4 to 8. Grades 1 to 3. Based on a true story of an 1856 storm off the coast of Maine, Abbie's tale is one of endurance and bravery. When Abbie's lighthouse keeper father sails off for supplies, he leaves Abbie in charge of lighting the oil lamps of the lighthouse towers. When a storm hits, Abbie bravely keeps the lighthouse lamps lit.
Bear & Katie in the Great Searsport Caper
Description: Up to age 9. Bear and Katie are two black labs. While visiting the small town of Searsport, Maine, Bear and Katie find themselves on an adventure that takes them to several lighthouses in search of a treasure. The two dogs, along with two children, Michael and Julia, find a gold coin and a mystery map. The search is on!
Captain's Castaway
Description: Pre-school to Grade 2. Based on a true story of a sea captain's dog that survived a shipwreck off the coast of Maine in the 1800s. Sarah, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, nurses the dog to health and names him "Seadog." When the sea captain later returns and takes him away, Seadog jumps from the captain's boat and swims back to Sarah.
Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue
Description: Pre-school to Grade 2. Based on a true story of a sea captain's dog that survived a shipwreck off the coast of Maine in the 1800s. Sarah, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, nurses the dog to health and names him "Seadog." When the sea captain later returns and takes him away, Seadog jumps from the captain's boat and swims back to Sarah.