Owls Head Bay
Owls Head Bay is a bay in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Owls Head Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Holiday Beach, as well as near Crescent Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Owls Head Light Station and Rockland Breakwater Light.
Owls Head Light Station
Lighthouse
Photo: JT de Fife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine.
Rockland Breakwater Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point, the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater.
Rockland Breakwater
Breakwater
Photo: Tania Dey PhD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Owls Head and Rockland.
Owls Head
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Owls Head is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,504 at the 2020 census. A resort and fishing area, the community is home to the Knox County Regional Airport. It includes the village of Ash Point.
Rockland
Photo: Hannahjones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rockland is a city in Maine that has witnessed a resurgence. Once boarded up shops are now colorfully decorated and the Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center offer a diverse Maine artisan collection.
Glen Cove
Neighborhood
Glen Cove is an unincorporated village within the town of Rockport in Knox County, Maine, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 1 and Clam Cove, an arm of the Penobscot Bay, 2.2 miles north of Rockland.
Owls Head Bay
- Type: Bay
- Address: ME
- Category: body of water
- Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.08119° or 44° 4′ 52″ northLongitude
-69.04948° or 69° 2′ 58″ westOpen location code
87PG3XJ2+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 369067428OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4974495
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Highlights include Richard Carver Harbor Park and U.S. Post Office Owls Head.
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