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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.06799° or 43° 4′ 5″ northLongitude
-70.68802° or 70° 41′ 17″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Town of KitteryOpen location code
87MF3896+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 713485973OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4964615Wikidata ID
Q16993683
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