Goose Falls

Goose Falls is a neighborhood in Town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine. Goose Falls is situated nearby to the neighborhood Harborside, as well as near Cape Rosier.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nautilus Island and Dyce Head Light.

Nautilus Island

Island

Nautilus Island is a privately owned island in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the Town of Brooksville, in Hancock County.

Dyce Head Light

Lighthouse

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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. Dyce Head Light is situated 2 miles north of Goose Falls.

Wilson Museum

Museum

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The Wilson Museum is a museum in Castine, Maine, United States. It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist. Wilson Museum is situated 2 miles north of Goose Falls.

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

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.

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 6 miles east of Goose Falls.

Goose Falls

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.35432° or 44° 21′ 16″ north

Longitude

-68.809° or 68° 48′ 32″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87PH953R+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158907208

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4965401

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