Fort Point Light

Fort Point Light is a lighthouse in Town of New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Fort Point Light is situated nearby to Fort William and Mary, as well as near New Castle Congregational Church.

Type: Lighthouse
Also known as: “Fort Constitution Light”, “Fort Point Lighthouse”, and “New Castle Light”
Historically known as: “Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portsmouth Harbor Light and Fort William and Mary.

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Lighthouse

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

Fort William and Mary

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Fort William and Mary was a colonial-era British fortress on the island of New Castle, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in the Province of New Hampshire.

New Castle Congregational Church

Church

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The New Castle Congregational Church is a congregation of the United Church of Christ, located at 65 Main Street in New Castle, New Hampshire. Its church, the only ecclesiastical building in the small community, was built in 1828 by a local master builder, based on the architectural patterns published by Asher Benjamin, and also based in part on the St. John's Church in nearby Portsmouth. New Castle Congregational Church is situated 2,100 feet west of Fort Point Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.

Newcastle

Village

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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.

Kittery

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

Portsmouth

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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.

Fort Point Light

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.07108° or 43° 4′ 16″ north

Longitude

-70.70864° or 70° 42′ 31″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87MF37CR+CG

GeoNames ID

5086275

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