Union Church of South Bristol

Union Church of South Bristol is a church in Town of South Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine which is located on State Route 129. Union Church of South Bristol is situated nearby to the islet Witch Island, as well as near the neighborhood Bayville.

Type: Church
Denomination: United Church of Christ
Also known as: “Union Church”
Address: 2171 State Route 129, South Bristol, ME 04568

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Witch Island and Fort William Henry.

Witch Island

Islet

Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre wildlife sanctuary off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Witch Island received its name from Anna Chittenden.

Fort William Henry

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid. Fort William Henry is situated 2 miles northeast of Union Church of South Bristol.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecosystems and health of the entire planet. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is situated 1¼ miles west of Union Church of South Bristol.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bristol and Bayville.

South Bristol

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island.

Bayville

Neighborhood

Bayville is a village in the town of Boothbay Harbor in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The village of Bayville was formed in 1911. Bayville consists largely of summer residents and has approximately 43 houses at the head of Linekin Bay. Bayville is situated 2½ miles west of Union Church of South Bristol.

New Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.

Union Church of South Bristol

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Town of South Bristol, Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.85907° or 43° 51′ 33″ north

Longitude

-69.55576° or 69° 33′ 21″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

87MGVC5V+JM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1391972300

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=united_church_of_christ

GeoNames ID

4981449

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