Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse
Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sohier Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
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 in 1879 construction began. Cape Neddick Light Station was dedicated by the U.S. Lighthouse Service and put into use in 1879. It is still in use today. Plans had been in the works to build a lighthouse on the site since 1837. The tower is lined with brick and sheathed with cast iron. It stands 41 feet (12 m) tall but the light is 88 feet (27 m) above sea level because of the additional height of the steep rocky islet on which it sits. Unusually, the stanchions of the walkway railing around the lantern room are decorated with 4-inch (100 mm) brass replicas of the lighthouse itself.
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Dates from 1879.
Wikidata Q1034459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1879
- Height
- 12.5 m
- Elevation
- 14.3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Independence Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 28.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sohier Park: 0.1 mi
- Ellis Park: 1.0 mi
- York Beach Ballfield and Park: 1.2 mi
- Hartley Mason Reservation: 3.2 mi
- Gilman Moulton Park: 3.4 mi
- Grave of William Pepperrell: 8.0 mi
- Fort McClary Blockhouse: 8.3 mi
- Rifleman's House: 8.3 mi
- Fort William and Mary: 8.8 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Simpson Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wander Hill: 2.9 mi
- Young Hill: 3.5 mi
- Cat Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Gulf Hill: 4.2 mi
- Lafcadio's Woods Preserve: 4.6 mi
- York Water District Lands: 4.7 mi
- McFeely Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Fuller Forest Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Kittery Water District Lands: 5.4 mi
- Old Gaol Museum: 3.4 mi
- Emerson-Wilcox House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum: 3.4 mi
- Sayward-Wheeler House Museum: 3.5 mi
- John Hancock Warehouse: 3.9 mi
- Short Sands Beach: 1.0 mi
- Long Sands: 1.3 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach: 1.6 mi
- Harbor Beach: 3.3 mi
- Little Beach: 5.5 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 9.7 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 10.0 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 10.1 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 10.3 mi
- Bones: 10.4 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 10.2 mi
- Trial Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Victory Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 10.3 mi
- Take Flight: 6.2 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 8.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 10.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 10.9 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 12.1 mi
- Orris Falls: 9.7 mi
- Hayes Falls: 16.1 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 16.3 mi
- Second Falls: 18.4 mi
- Packer's Falls: 18.7 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Birthday Bay: 13.1 mi
- Front Pavilion: 17.4 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 17.5 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 17.6 mi
- Dover Bluff: 0.7 mi
- York Cliffs: 2.0 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 14.9 mi
- Slackcrack: 23.1 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 20.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 21.0 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 8.8 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 8.8 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 20.7 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NW 308° | 210 m | 6.5 mi |
| Second Hill | NW 315° | 167 m | 6.5 mi |
| Third Hill | NW 321° | 159 m | 6.3 mi |
| Horse Hills | WNW 300° | 118 m | 6.4 mi |
| Welch Hill | NW 326° | 108 m | 10.4 mi |
| Norman Hill | NW 312° | 103 m | 7.9 mi |
| Brown Hill | NW 322° | 102 m | 10.0 mi |
| Tatnic Hill | NNW 331° | 97 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Neddick, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cape Neddick, 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 85000844OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Cape Neddick Light Station, reference 85000844, listed 04/16/85.
OpenStreetMap element way/177925803
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