Mackworth Island
Mackworth Island is a 100-acre bird sanctuary near Portland, Maine, USA. It is also home to the Baxter School for the Deaf.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Maackworths Island”, “Mackay’s Island”, “Mackays Island”, “Mackey Island”, “Mackey’s Island”, “Mackeys Island”, and “Mackworth’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Diamond Island and United States Marine Hospital.
Great Diamond Island
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Great Diamond Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the city of Portland. At the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of 77.
United States Marine Hospital
Hospital
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The Marine Hospital is a historic medical facility at 331 Veranda Road in Martin's Point in Portland, Maine. Built in the late 1850s to a design by Ammi B.
Portland Observatory
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The Portland Observatory is a historic maritime signal tower at 138 Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill section of Portland, Maine. Built in 1807, it is the only known surviving tower of its type in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Falmouth and Portland.
Falmouth
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Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 12,444 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area.
Portland
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Portland is on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Southern Maine coast approximately 100 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. It has more than 65,000 inhabitants, making it the largest city in Maine.
Long Island
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The Town of Long Island covers Long Island in Maine. It has a population of around 200 people. Seasonal residents causes the population to increase to over 700 during the summer.
Mackworth Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.6891° or 43° 41′ 21″ northLongitude
-70.2316° or 70° 13′ 54″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87MFMQQ9+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 219705231OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4970921Wikidata ID
Q14223501
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Mackworth Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mackworth Island”
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