Bass Harbor Head Light Station
Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Bass Harbor Head Light”, “Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse”, and “Bass Harbor Light”
- Address: 115 Lighthouse Road, Bass Harbor, ME 04653
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bass Harbor and Tremont.
Bass Harbor
Hamlet
Tremont
Tremont is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is located on the southwestern side of Mount Desert Island, an area commonly referred to by residents as the "quiet side".Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island, the population was 1,756 at the 2020 census. The municipality contains within it the villages of Southwest Harbor, Manset, Seawall, Wonderland, and Pemetic Hills.Bass Harbor Head Light Station
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of Tremont, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.22197° or 44° 13′ 19″ north
Longitude
-68.33722° or 68° 20′ 14″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
1858
Operator
U.S. Coast Guard
Open location code
87PH6MC7+Q4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Bass Harbor Head Light Station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bass Harbor Head Light”
- French: “phare de Bass Harbor”
- French: “Phare de Bass Harbor”
- German: “Bass Harbor Head Light”
- German: “Bass Harbor Head”
- Russian: “Маяк Басс-Харбор-Хед”
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