White Island

White Island is an islet in Town of Kittery, York County, Maine. White Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Downalong, as well as near Outalong.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whaleback Light Station and Fort Foster.

Whaleback Light Station

Lighthouse

Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery.

Fort Foster

Park

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Foster, now part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901–1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine.

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Rosstracy, CC BY 3.0.

The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.

Newcastle

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. Newcastle is situated 1½ miles west of White Island.

Kittery

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Portsmouth

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.

White Island

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Town of Kittery, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.05997° or 43° 3′ 36″ north

Longitude

-70.68847° or 70° 41′ 19″ west

Open location code

87MF3856+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82311120

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4982946

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