Johns Island

Johns Island is an islet in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Johns Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pemaquid Beach, as well as near the village South Bristol.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Lincoln County, Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “John’s Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort William Henry and Witch Island.

Fort William Henry

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid.

Witch Island

Islet

Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre wildlife sanctuary off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Witch Island received its name from Anna Chittenden.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecosystems and health of the entire planet. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is situated 2½ miles west of Johns Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bristol and New Harbor.

South Bristol

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island.

New Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.

Yellow Head

Neighborhood

Yellow Head is a marine navigational coastal location, often sited in maps, within Lincoln County, in the U.S. State of Maine. It is located on Pemaquid peninsula, 1.1 m south of New Harbor, Maine and north of Pemaquid Lighthouse. Yellow Head is situated 2 miles east of Johns Island.

Johns Island

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.86741° or 43° 52′ 3″ north

Longitude

-69.53436° or 69° 32′ 4″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

87MGVF88+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 829793035

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4968403

Wikidata ID

Q49644662

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Johns Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Johns Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beaver Island and Pemaquid Beach.

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