Hendricks Head Light Station

Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established in 1829, and its present structures date to 1875.

Photo: Ted Kerwin, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Maine, United States
Also known as: “Hendrick’s Head Light”, “Hendricks Head Light”, and “Hendricks Head Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Burnt Island Light Station and Grey Havens Inn.

Burnt Island Light Station

Lighthouse

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The Burnt Island Light, built in 1821, is the second oldest surviving lighthouse in Maine. It hosts a living history museum run by the state Department of Marine Resources. Burnt Island Light Station is situated 2½ miles east of Hendricks Head Light Station.

Grey Havens Inn

Hotel

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The Grey Havens Inn is a historic hotel at 96 Seguinland Road in Georgetown, Maine. The inn was built in 1904, and is one of the finest surviving coastal hotels of the period in the state. Grey Havens Inn is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hendricks Head Light Station.

Southport Bridge

Bridge

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Southport Bridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hendricks Head Light Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport and West Boothbay Harbor.

Southport

Village

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Southport is a town and island in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 622 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of Cozy Harbor, Newagen, Pine Cliff, West Southport, and the Capitol Island and Squirrel Island summer colonies. Southport is situated 2 miles northeast of Hendricks Head Light Station.

West Boothbay Harbor

Village

West Boothbay Harbor is an unincorporated village in the town of Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The community is located along Maine State Route 27, 10.7 miles south of Wiscasset. West Boothbay Harbor is situated 3 miles northeast of Hendricks Head Light Station.

Georgetown

Village

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Georgetown is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,058 at the 2020 census. Home to Reid State Park, the town is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Georgetown is situated 3½ miles west of Hendricks Head Light Station.

Hendricks Head Light Station

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Town of Southport, Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.82257° or 43° 49′ 21″ north

Longitude

-69.68973° or 69° 41′ 23″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87MGR8F6+24

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1198193040

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

4966971

Wikidata ID

Q5713772

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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Hendricks Head Light Station” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Hendricks Head”
French: “Phare de Hendricks Head”
Russian: “Маяк мыса Хендрикса”
Russian: “Маяк Хендрикс-Хед”

Localities in the Area

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