Egg Rock Light Station
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Egg Rock Light Station is a lighthouse in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Cadillac Mountain stands 466 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtle Island Preserve, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Egg Rock Light is a lighthouse on Frenchman Bay, Maine. Built in 1875, it is one of coastal Maine's architecturally unique lighthouses, with a square tower projecting through the square keeper's house. Located on Egg Rock, midway between Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula, it is an active aid to navigation, flashing red every 40 seconds. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Egg Rock Light Station in 1988.
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Dates from 1875.
Wikidata Q5347828, matched on coordinates and name (41 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Acadia Scenic Byway
- 3.1 mi off the Schoodic National Scenic Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Bold Coast Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Blackwoods Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beehive Overlook · 3 mi
- Old Soaker Overlook · 3 mi
- Frazer Point · 3 mi
- Hawk Watch · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schooner Head: 1.9 mi
- Cranberry Hill: 2.1 mi
- Great Head: 2.5 mi
- Enoch Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Champlain Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Grant Park: 3.9 mi
- Glen Mary Park: 4.0 mi
- Village Green: 4.0 mi
- Agamont Park: 4.1 mi
- Harborview Park: 4.2 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Flat Island: 2.2 mi
- Ned Island Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Stave Island Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Schoodic Forest: 5.4 mi
- Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 3.8 mi
- Little Hunters Beach: 5.3 mi
- Hunters Beach: 5.5 mi
- Gilley Beach: 8.0 mi
- Oak Hill Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Lower Wall: 2.6 mi
- Central Slabs: 2.6 mi
- The Alcove: 2.6 mi
- South Wall Main Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Abbe Museum: 3.5 mi
- Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- Winter Harbor Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.0 mi
- Islesford Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Old Farm Estate: 3.0 mi
- Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 3.4 mi
- Kurt Diederich: 3.5 mi
- Bates Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Fabri memorial: 4.0 mi
- Winter Harbor Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Harbor Point Light: 7.1 mi
- Bear Island Light Station: 8.1 mi
- Baker Island Light: 8.4 mi
- Bass Harbor Head Light: 13.4 mi
- Sieur de Monts Spring: 3.5 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 4.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 6.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 6.8 mi
- Birch Spring: 7.0 mi
- Thunder Hole: 3.4 mi
- Otter Cliffs Rock Climbing: 3.9 mi
- Schoodic Point: 4.1 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch: 4.2 mi
- Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co.: 4.2 mi
- Wild Gardens of Acadia: 3.5 mi
- Turrets Seaside Garden: 4.9 mi
- Beatrix Farrand Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Newlin Garden: 5.0 mi
- COA Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Duck Brook Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Hadlock Falls: 7.2 mi
- Man O War Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 21.0 mi
- Long Falls: 22.1 mi
- Baxter The Lobster: 4.1 mi
- Water Street Mural: 19.1 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 8.6 mi
- Double Arch: 16.7 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Long Cove: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Egg Rock Light Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Mountain | W 269° | 466 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sargent Mountain | W 264° | 419 m | 6.7 mi |
| Dorr Mountain | W 270° | 387 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pemetic Mountain | WSW 256° | 380 m | 5.5 mi |
| Penobscot Mountain | WSW 257° | 360 m | 6.5 mi |
| Champlain Mountain | W 265° | 323 m | 2.8 mi |
| Dike Peak | WSW 254° | 321 m | 4.5 mi |
| Gilmore Peak | W 261° | 316 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:36 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:54 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:09 | 15:57 |
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 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Winter Harbor, Frenchman Bay, ME, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367794389
Day trips start here
- Acadia National Park · 13 mi
- Surry · 21 mi
- Ellsworth · 22 mi
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