Mouse Island
Mouse Island is an islet in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Mouse Island is situated nearby to the locality Browns Head, as well as near Carrying Place.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 Mouse Island.
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 Mouse Island.
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
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.
Mouse Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.11559° or 44° 6′ 56″ northLongitude
-68.86221° or 68° 51′ 44″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87PH448Q+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 903155312OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4972845Wikidata ID
Q49660307
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Mouse Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mouse Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Knox County, lat 44,12, long -68,86)”
- Cebuano: “Mouse Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include A.W. Smith Preserve and Broom Island.
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