West Quoddy Head
West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lubec Channel Light.
Lubec Channel Light
Lighthouse
Lubec Channel Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Lubec, Maine. Established in 1890, it is one of three surviving sparkplug lights in the state, and served as an important aid to navigation on the route from the Bay of Fundy to Eastport, Maine and the St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lubec and Campobello Island.
Lubec
Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lubec is a town in the Down East region of Maine along the coast. Lubec is the easternmost town in the United States of America.
Campobello Island
Photo: Leonora (Ellie) Enking, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Campobello Island is an island in New Brunswick, Canada. The island has no road connection to the rest of Canada except to deer island with a ferry; though there is a bridge connecting it to nearby Lubec, Maine in the United States.
West Quoddy Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “West-Quoddy-head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Lubec, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.81543° or 44° 48′ 56″ northLongitude
-66.95973° or 66° 57′ 35″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
87PMR28R+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 13258925563OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4982705
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“West Quoddy Head” goes by many names.
- French: “Phare de West Quoddy Head”
- German: “West Quoddy Head”
- Portuguese: “West Quoddy Head”
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