Jackknife Ledge

Jackknife Ledge is a reef in Sagadahoc County, Mid Coast, Maine. Jackknife Ledge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fort Baldwin, as well as near Popham Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seguin Island Light Station and Pond Island Light.

Seguin Island Light Station

Heritage site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Seguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island, in the Gulf of Maine south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. Established in 1795, it is the second-oldest of Maine's coastal lighthouses, and the only lighthouse in the state housing a first-order Fresnel lens. Seguin Island Light Station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Jackknife Ledge.

Pond Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain.

Pond Island Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. It was first established in 1821 on Pond Island at the mouth of the Kennebec. The present structure was built in 1855.

Popham Colony

Park

The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America. It was established in 1607 by the proprietary Plymouth Company and was located in the present-day town of Phippsburg, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River. Popham Colony is situated 2 miles north of Jackknife Ledge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sebasco Estates and Georgetown.

Sebasco Estates

Village

Sebasco Estates is an unincorporated village in the town of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the Atlantic coast, 10.1 miles south of Bath. Sebasco Estates has a post office, with ZIP code 04565. Sebasco Estates is situated 5 miles northwest of Jackknife Ledge.

Georgetown

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 6 miles north of Jackknife Ledge.

Jackknife Ledge

Type: Reef
Also known as: “Jacknife Ledge”
Categories: char and landform
Location: Sagadahoc County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.72271° or 43° 43′ 22″ north

Longitude

-69.78075° or 69° 46′ 51″ west

Open location code

87MGP6F9+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12439108761

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

4968167

Wikidata ID

Q49617926

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In Other Languages

“Jackknife Ledge” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Jackknife Ledge”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Baldwin and Popham Beach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Fox Island and Pond Island Shoal.

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