Museum · Maine
Maine Lighthouse Museum
Maine Lighthouse Museum is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lobster, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates44.10206, -69.10780
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Gilbert and Adams Central Park: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Square: 0.1 mi
- Buoy Park: 0.1 mi
- Chapman Park: 0.1 mi
- Windjammer's Warf: 0.3 mi
Peaks
- Ingraham Hill: 1.4 mi
- Post Hill: 1.9 mi
- Benner Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Plaisted Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Rockland Bog Overlook: 2.6 mi
- Weskeag Headlands Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Ash Point Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Thomaston Town Forest: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 49
- Sandy Beach: 0.3 mi
- Crockett's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lucia Beach: 4.3 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 6.0 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 7.5 mi
Museums: 36
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 0.1 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 0.1 mi
- Shore Village Museum: 0.3 mi
- Shore Village Lighthouse Museum Library: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Cannon: 0.5 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 2.2 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 18.8 mi
Artworks: 7
- Lobster: 0.0 mi
- Seagull: 0.2 mi
- Puffin Wall: 0.2 mi
- Sphere: 0.3 mi
- Andre the Seal: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 6
- Prison Show Room: 4.5 mi
- The Wall: 4.5 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 21.7 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 22.9 mi
- The Barn: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Millerite Ledges: 10.5 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Spruce Head: 14.8 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 17.1 mi
- The Bluff: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 5
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 10.1 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 10.2 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 13.5 mi
- Miller School Garden: 13.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 7.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Vinal Falls: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Maine Lighthouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NNE 12° | 419 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NNW 344° | 390 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 351° | 384 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | NNW 345° | 375 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NNE 16° | 331 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | NNW 343° | 330 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NNW 329° | 313 m | 6.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 334° | 291 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:14 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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