Sheep Island
Sheep Island is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Sheep Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Flat Landing, as well as near Goose Falls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nautilus Island and Wilson Museum.
Nautilus Island
Island
Nautilus Island is a privately owned island in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the Town of Brooksville, in Hancock County.
Wilson Museum
Museum
Photo: S437885, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wilson Museum is a museum in Castine, Maine, United States. It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist.
Fort George
Ruins
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0.
Fort George was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castine and Harborside.
Castine
Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castine is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.
Harborside
Neighborhood
Harborside is an unincorporated village in the town of Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the west coast of Cape Rosier, on Penobscot Bay, 24 miles southwest of Ellsworth.
Brooksville
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Brooksville is a town on Penobscot Bay in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 935. It contains the villages of North Brooksville, South Brooksville, West Brooksville, Brooksville Corner, and Harborside.
Sheep Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.36702° or 44° 22′ 1″ northLongitude
-68.76836° or 68° 46′ 6″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87PH968J+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 358224062OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4978415
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