Turnip Island

Turnip Island is an island in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Turnip Island is situated nearby to the locality Browns Head, as well as near Crocket Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Browns Head Light Station.

Browns Head Light Station

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Haven.

North Haven

Photo: Jp498, CC BY-SA 2.5.

North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony.

Turnip Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.13123° or 44° 7′ 52″ north

Longitude

-68.89266° or 68° 53′ 34″ west

Open location code

87PH44J4+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358225278

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4981284

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Cross Island and Ames Knob.

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