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Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouseU. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region · Public domain
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region · Public domain
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domain
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domain
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
Public domain
Keepers Quarters, a lighthouse
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Keepers Quarters is a lighthouse, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Sandy Beach, a beach 5.1 miles away. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

USCGC Abbie Burgess is named for heroic third keeper Abbie Burgess.

About

The story

Matinicus Rock Light is a lighthouse on Matinicus Rock, a windswept rock 25 miles (40 km) off the coast of Maine. It is one of eleven seacoast lights off the coast of Maine. First established in 1827, the present surviving structures date to 1857. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Matinicus Rock Light Station on March 14, 1988.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1827.

Wikidata Q6787581, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1857
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.78373, -68.85503
Around it

126 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
  • Western Head: 8.7 mi
  • Shag Roost: 9.0 mi
  • Armbrust Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Dushane Hill: 18.4 mi
  • Western Head: 18.8 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Parks: 21
  • Boy Scout Point Town Park: 17.8 mi
  • Armbrust Hill Town Park: 18.1 mi
  • The Old Ballground: 18.3 mi
  • Narrows Town Park: 18.6 mi
  • Booth's Quarry Town Park: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 18
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Asst. Keeper's House-Gallery-Offic: 23.0 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1
  • Wiley's Corner Spring: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keepers Quarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainNNE 31°148 m22.4 mi
Rocky MountainNNE 31°144 m22.6 mi
Jerusalem MountainNNE 32°127 m21.7 mi
Duck Harbor MountainNNE 32°80 m19.5 mi
Wentworth MountainNNE 31°78 m20.7 mi
Coombs MountainNNE 30°71 m23.8 mi
Ingraham HillNNW 328°61 m24.4 mi
Post HillNNW 332°59 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:1018:48
June solstice04:5419:3820:22
September equinox06:2317:5718:35
December solstice07:0715:1416:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262834435259656560514133
Precip in4.03.54.54.23.53.83.12.84.04.74.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tenants Harbor, 23 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Matinicus Harbor, Wheaton Island, ME, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 88000149OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/518063863

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