Bug Light
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Bug Light is a lighthouse in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bug Light Park, a park 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
The story
The Portland Breakwater Light (also called Bug Light) is a small lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1855.
Wikidata Q7231886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1855
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bug Light Park: 0.1 mi
- Moon Tide Park: 0.6 mi
- Compass Park: 0.6 mi
- High & Sawyer Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Amethyst Park: 0.6 mi
- Liberty Ship Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Fort Preble: 0.6 mi
- Mast of the USS Portland: 0.8 mi
- Fort Gorges: 0.8 mi
- Wall of Heroes: 0.9 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 1.4 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.5 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.8 mi
- Barren Hill: 3.1 mi
- Graves Hill: 3.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.3 mi
- East End Beach: 0.9 mi
- Willard Beach: 1.0 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Beach: 1.2 mi
- Lobster Pound Beach: 1.3 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 0.6 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.0 mi
- Elks Club: 4.2 mi
- Ampitheater: 5.0 mi
- Cumberland Farmers Club: 11.1 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.5 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.6 mi
- Bishop Healy Woods: 1.7 mi
- Hagge Woods: 1.7 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 0.2 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 0.7 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 1.0 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House: 1.3 mi
- Maine Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- The Armillary: 0.7 mi
- Seven: 1.4 mi
- Triangles At Work: 1.5 mi
- Duck House: 1.8 mi
- Pinecone: 1.9 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 2.1 mi
- Cod Ledges: 2.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- White Head Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.2 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 4.8 mi
- First Falls: 10.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.3 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Bug Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 333° | 178 m | 13.0 mi |
| Baker Mountain | NNW 329° | 149 m | 14.0 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 323° | 145 m | 8.0 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 327° | 144 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 352° | 136 m | 11.8 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 333° | 133 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 325° | 129 m | 7.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 354° | 129 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.12 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station PORTLAND, ME, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73000238OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Portland Breakwater Light, reference 73000238, listed 06/19/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/660606481
Day trips start here
Take the scenic way to Bug Light.
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