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Portland Head Lighthouse

Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in , . The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within in the Gulf of Maine.
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Photo: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
  • Also known as: “Portland Head Light” and “Portland Headlight”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Williams Park and Ram Island Ledge Light Station.

Park
is a 90-acre park in , encompassing numerous historical sites. Famous for having Portland Head Light on its grounds, the park also encompasses the decommissioned and largely demolished United States Army post Fort Williams, which was operational during World War I and World War II.

Lighthouse
Photo: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ram Island Ledge Light is a lighthouse in , , United States, marking the northern end of the main channel leading the harbor of . is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Portland Head Lighthouse.

Island
Photo: Alfred Thompson Bricher, Public domain.
, or Cushing's Island, is a privately owned island in in the U.S. state of . Part of the city of , roughly 45 families live there seasonally. is situated 1¼ miles north of Portland Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Elizabeth and South Portland.

Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
is an upscale community about 5 miles southeast of , on the Southern Maine coast. Its centerpiece is the 90 acre Fort Williams bought by the town in 1964.

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in , United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498.

Neighborhood
The Old Port is a district of , known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district contains boutiques, restaurants and bars. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Portland Head Lighthouse.

Portland Head Lighthouse

Latitude
43.62311° or 43° 37′ 23″ north
Longitude
-70.20787° or 70° 12′ 28″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
Height
80 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87MFJQFR+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 329793373
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
4975819
Wiki­data ID
Q2105159
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Portland Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Փորթլենդի փարոս”
  • Chinese: “波特蘭燈塔”
  • Finnish: “Portland Head Light”
  • French: “phare de Portland Head”
  • French: “Phare de Portland Head”
  • German: “Portland Head Light”
  • German: “Portland Head”
  • Polish: “latarnia morska Portland Head”
  • Russian: “Маяк Портленд-Хед”
  • Russian: “Маяк Портленда”
  • Swedish: “Portland Head Light”
  • Swedish: “Portland Head Lighthouse”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Portland Head Lighthouse”. Photo: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0.