Rockland Breakwater Light
Rockland Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in City of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Rockland Breakwater Light is situated nearby to the neighborhood Glen Cove.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockland Breakwater and Strand Theatre.
Rockland Breakwater
Breakwater
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. Rockland Breakwater is situated 2,100 feet north of Rockland Breakwater Light.
Strand Theatre
Movie theater
The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive. Strand Theatre is situated 1½ miles west of Rockland Breakwater Light.
Rockland station
Railway station
Rockland station is a railway station located at Union and Pleasant Streets in Rockland, Maine. It is the eastern terminus of the Rockland Branch, a state-owned track connecting Rockland and Brunswick. Rockland station is situated 1½ miles west of Rockland Breakwater Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rockland and Owls Head.
Rockland
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.Owls Head
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. Glen Cove is situated 2 miles north of Rockland Breakwater Light.
Rockland Breakwater Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Also known as: “Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse”
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Rockland, Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.10412° or 44° 6′ 15″ north
Longitude
-69.07756° or 69° 4′ 39″ west
Inception
1902
Open location code
87PG4W3C+JX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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