Blockhouse Point
Blockhouse Point is a cape in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Blockhouse Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood West Castine, as well as near Goose Falls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dyce Head Light and Fort George.
Dyce Head Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Centpacrr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dyce Head Light is a lighthouse located at the southernmost point of the Castine peninsula in Hancock County, Maine. Built in 1829 to guide vessels along the Penobscot River and into Castine Harbor, the lighthouse served the region's flourishing shipbuilding and lumber trade until its deactivation in 1937.
Fort George
Ruins
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0.
Fort George was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland.
Wilson Museum
Museum
Photo: S437885, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wilson Museum is a museum in Castine, Maine, United States. It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castine and Harborside.
Castine
Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castine is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.
Harborside
Neighborhood
Harborside is an unincorporated village in the town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the west coast of Cape Rosier, on Penobscot Bay, 24 miles southwest of Ellsworth.
Blockhouse Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.39495° or 44° 23′ 42″ northLongitude
-68.82068° or 68° 49′ 15″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
87PH95VH+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6739256724OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
“Blockhouse Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blockhouse Point”
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Localities in the Area
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