Travel News – Keeper of Bristol – Permaquic Point Light has guarded the entrance to Maine’s Muscongus Bay since 1835. Its distinctive white tower with a black lantern is made of rubble stone. (Mike Benham)
Whimsical stripes in Lubec – The light atop the red-and-white-banded West Quoddy Head Light was first lit in 1858 and sits across the Bay of Fundy from the East Quoddy Lighthouse in Canada. (Mike Benham)
York’s hilltop guide – Cape Neddick (“Nubble”) Light is on a rock island a few hundred feet from the “nub” of land that its nickname references. The original Fresnel lens that topped its tower was damaged in a 1928 explosion and replaced with a lens from 1891. Although the island isn’t open to visitors, the views of the lighthouse are great from Sohier Park on the mainland. (Kelly Young)
The warden of Mount Desert Island – Sitting atop a pink rock cliff surrounded by pine trees, Bass Harbour Head Light, which was built in 1858, is still in operation on the southern tip of Acadia National Park. (Picasa)
Cape Elizabeth’s maritime guardian – Shrouded in fog and booby-trapped by rocks hiding in the shallows, Maine’s Portland Harbour is treacherous. Since 1791, the shining beacon of the Portland Head Light has been warning sailors of this dangerous approach. It was automated in 1981, and soon after the Victorian keeper’s quarters were transformed into a museum where visitors can see the tower’s old second-order lens, which stands 7ft tall. The lighthouse tower is currently not open to the public. (Moechen)
Source BBC
Source: Maine’s most charming lighthouses
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