Curtis Island Lighthouse
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Curtis Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north-northwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Curtis Island Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Curtis Island Light, originally Negro Island Light, is a lighthouse marking the approach to the harbor of Camden, Maine. It is on Curtis Island, which shelters the harbor from ocean storms. It was first established in 1835, and the present structure was built in 1896. The light was automated in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1835.
Wikidata Q5195779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Curtis Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Laite Beach Park: 0.5 mi
- Village Green: 1.0 mi
- Harbor Park: 1.0 mi
- Camden Amphitheater: 1.0 mi
- Mount Battie: 1.8 mi
- Mount Megunticook: 2.9 mi
- Beech Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.4 mi
- Bald Rock Mountain: 4.6 mi
- The Bog: 1.3 mi
- Rockport Shore Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Harkness Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Beauchamp Point Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Erickson Fields: 2.6 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 0.5 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 1.7 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 2.3 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 5.9 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 6.9 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 1.1 mi
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 1.5 mi
- Conway House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Indian basket: 7.1 mi
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 7.4 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 4.0 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Spruce Head: 7.3 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 9.7 mi
- The Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 5.3 mi
- Cannon: 7.0 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 18.0 mi
- Isle Au Haut Rural School: 21.7 mi
- Andre the Seal: 1.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 7.2 mi
- Seagull: 7.2 mi
- Lobster: 7.5 mi
- Sphere: 7.7 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 6.1 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 7.4 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 13.9 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 14.1 mi
- Miller School Garden: 18.1 mi
- Prison Show Room: 11.1 mi
- The Wall: 11.2 mi
- Dome home: 23.0 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 24.7 mi
- Vinal Falls: 13.0 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Curtis Island Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NNW 342° | 419 m | 2.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | W 279° | 390 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 294° | 384 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | WNW 286° | 375 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | N 3° | 331 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | WNW 303° | 330 m | 7.5 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | NNW 336° | 317 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | W 261° | 313 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.78 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Rockland, ME, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6532631970
Day trips start here
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