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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bass Harbor and Tremont.
Bass Harbor
Hamlet
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Bass Harbor is a village in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is within the town of Tremont on Mount Desert Island, and near Acadia National Park.
Tremont
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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." Tremont includes the villages of Bass Harbor, Bernard, Gotts Island, Seal Cove, and West Tremont.
Southwest Harbor
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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″ northLongitude
-68.33722° or 68° 20′ 14″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Inception
1858Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
87PH6MC7+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1056193780OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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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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