Grindstone Ledge

Grindstone Ledge is a bar in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Grindstone Ledge is situated nearby to the locality Goose Rocks, as well as near Browns Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goose Rocks Lighthouse and Browns Head Light Station.

Goose Rocks Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Goose Rocks Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located near North Haven, Maine in Penobscot Bay. It stands at the eastern entrance to the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, a busy mile-wide passage separating North Haven from Vinalhaven. Goose Rocks Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northeast of Grindstone Ledge.

Browns Head Light Station

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven. Browns Head Light Station is situated 2½ miles west of Grindstone Ledge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Haven and Vinalhaven.

North Haven

Photo: Jp498, CC BY-SA 2.5.

North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony.

Vinalhaven

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Vinalhaven is a historic island town situated in the Fox Islands archipelago within the Mid Coast region of Maine, United States. Located in Knox County, approximately 15 miles across the waters of Penobscot Bay from the mainland city of Rockland, it stands as home to roughly 1,200 permanent residents a population that swells dramatically during the peak summer months.

Grindstone Ledge

Type: Bar
Categories: char and landform
Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.12425° or 44° 7′ 27″ north

Longitude

-68.86309° or 68° 51′ 47″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87PH44FP+PQ

GeoNames ID

4966047

Wikidata ID

Q49617013

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Grindstone Ledge” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Grindstone Ledge (piliw sa Estados Unidos, Knox County, lat 44,12, long -68,86)”
Cebuano: “Grindstone Ledge”

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Localities in the Area

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