Buck Island
Buck Island is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Buck Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cape Rosier, as well as near the hamlet Eggemoggin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pumpkin Island Light and Pond Island.
Pumpkin Island Light
Lighthouse
Pumpkin Island Light is a lighthouse on Pumpkin Island, at the northwestern entrance to Eggemoggin Reach, a channel running northwest to southeast between Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay on the central-eastern coast of Maine.
Pond Island
Islet
Pond Island is a small 32-acre island in Penobscot Bay, on the central coast of Maine, United States. The island is a conservation property of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and is open to the public, with two small campsites.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harborside and Castine.
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.
Castine
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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.
Brooksville
Village
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Brooksville is a town on Penobscot Bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 935. It contains the villages of North Brooksville, South Brooksville, West Brooksville, Brooksville Corner, and Harborside. Brooksville is situated 5 miles northeast of Buck Island.
Buck Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.31379° or 44° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
-68.78218° or 68° 46′ 56″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87PH8679+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 696073540OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4959514Wikidata ID
Q49634020
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Buck Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buck Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Hancock County)”
- Cebuano: “Buck Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cape Rosier and Eggemoggin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spectacle Island and Dog Island.
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