Spectacle Islands

Spectacle Islands is an island in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Spectacle Islands is situated nearby to the village Southport, as well as near West Boothbay Harbor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Southport Bridge.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Garden

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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Boothbay, Maine. It was opened in 2007. The gardens have been named one of Maine's top attractions.

Southport Bridge

Bridge

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Southport Bridge is situated 1½ miles southeast of Spectacle Islands.

Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established in 1829, and its present structures date to 1875. Hendricks Head Light Station is situated 2½ miles south of Spectacle Islands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport and West Boothbay Harbor.

Southport

Village

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Southport is a town and island in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 622 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of Cozy Harbor, Newagen, Pine Cliff, West Southport, and the Capitol Island and Squirrel Island summer colonies. Southport is situated 1½ miles southeast of Spectacle Islands.

West Boothbay Harbor

Village

West Boothbay Harbor is an unincorporated village in the town of Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The community is located along Maine State Route 27, 10.7 miles south of Wiscasset. West Boothbay Harbor is situated 2 miles east of Spectacle Islands.

Boothbay Harbor

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Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of Mount Pisgah, and Sprucewold, the Bayville and West Boothbay Harbor villages, the Isle of Springs summer colony, and the Boothbay Harbor census-designated place.

Spectacle Islands

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.85703° or 43° 51′ 25″ north

Longitude

-69.67755° or 69° 40′ 39″ west

Open location code

87MGV84C+RX

GeoNames ID

4979421

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