Fort Knox State Historic Site
Fort Knox State Historic Site is a park in Waldo County, Mid Coast, Maine which is located on Fort Knox Road. Fort Knox State Historic Site is situated nearby to the neighborhood Prospect Ferry, as well as near the village Verona Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Fort Knox State Park” and “Fortknox State Park”
- Address: 170 Fort Knox Road, Prospect, ME
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory.
Fort Knox
Fort
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Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles from the mouth of the river.
Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory
Bridge
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The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a 2,120-foot-long cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River. It connects Verona Island to Prospect, in the U.S. state of Maine.
Bucksport station
Museum
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The Bucksport Railroad Station is a historic railroad station on Main Street in Bucksport, Maine. The station was built in 1874 by the European and North American Railway, and is one of a small number of surviving rural railroad stations in Maine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Verona Island and Bucksport.
Verona Island
Village
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Verona Island is a town located on an island of the same name in the Penobscot River in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census.
Bucksport
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Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge.
Prospect
Village
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Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort. Prospect is situated 3 miles west of Fort Knox State Historic Site.
Fort Knox State Historic Site
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Waldo County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.56424° or 44° 33′ 51″ northLongitude
-68.80302° or 68° 48′ 11″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
87PHH57W+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 796519959OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4964643
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