Henry Islands

Henry Islands is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Henry Islands is situated nearby to the neighborhood West Brooksville, as well as near Flat Landing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilson Museum and Nautilus Island.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castine and Harborside.

Castine

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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.

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.

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 5 miles southeast of Henry Islands.

Henry Islands

Type: Island
Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.3798° or 44° 22′ 47″ north

Longitude

-68.77059° or 68° 46′ 14″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87PH96HH+WQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358220608

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4966978

Wikidata ID

Q49640813

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In Other Languages

“Henry Islands” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Henry Islands”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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