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Egg Rock Light Station

Egg Rock Light Station, a lighthouse in Maine
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Egg Rock Light Station, a lighthouse in Maine
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Egg Rock Light Station, a lighthouse in Maine
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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.

About

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1875.

Wikidata Q5347828, matched on coordinates and name (41 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.35425, -68.13806

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Beaches: 33
Gardens: 21
  • Mixed Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Coniferous Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Mixed Woods: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 18
  • Old Farm Estate: 3.0 mi
  • John Innes Kane: 3.4 mi
  • Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup: 3.4 mi
  • Kurt Diederich: 3.5 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 3.6 mi
Museums: 16
  • Abbe Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Winter Harbor Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • Abbe Museum: 4.0 mi
  • George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Springs: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Artworks: 2
  • Baxter The Lobster: 4.1 mi
  • Water Street Mural: 19.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Cathedral Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Double Arch: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Cove: 11.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Egg Rock Light Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cadillac MountainW 269°466 m4.2 mi
Sargent MountainW 264°419 m6.7 mi
Dorr MountainW 270°387 m3.9 mi
Pemetic MountainWSW 256°380 m5.5 mi
Penobscot MountainWSW 257°360 m6.5 mi
Champlain MountainW 265°323 m2.8 mi
Dike PeakWSW 254°321 m4.5 mi
Gilmore PeakW 261°316 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0718:45
June solstice04:4919:3620:21
September equinox06:2017:5418:32
December solstice07:0615:0915:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633445564706962514030
Precip in4.53.84.95.24.54.33.33.44.25.95.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Acadia NP, 6 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Winter Harbor, Frenchman Bay, ME, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367794389

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