Fort Foster

Fort Foster, now part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901–1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine.

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Opening hours: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
Type: Park
Description: fort in Maine, USA
Also known as: “Fort Foster Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whaleback Light Station and Portsmouth Harbor Light.

Whaleback Light Station

Lighthouse

Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery.

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Rosstracy, CC BY 3.0.

The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.

Fort William and Mary

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort William and Mary was a colonial-era British fortress on the island of New Castle, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in the Province of New Hampshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.

Newcastle

Village

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New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. Newcastle is situated 1½ miles west of Fort Foster.

Kittery

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Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.

Fort Foster

Categories: fort and recreation area
Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.06799° or 43° 4′ 5″ north

Longitude

-70.68802° or 70° 41′ 17″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Operator

Town of Kittery

Open location code

87MF3896+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 713485973

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4964615

Wikidata ID

Q16993683

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