Fort Knox
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles from the mouth of the river.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Fort Knox (Maine)”, “Fort Knox State Historic Site”, and “Fort Knox State Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bucksport station and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory.
Bucksport station
Museum
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bucksport Railroad Station is a historic railroad station on Main Street in Bucksport, Maine. The station was built in 1874 by the European and North American Railway, and is one of a small number of surviving rural railroad stations in Maine. Bucksport station is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Fort Knox.
Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory
Bridge
Photo: ricricciardi, CC BY 2.0.
The Penobscot Narrows Bridge is a 2,120-foot-long cable-stayed bridge that carries US 1/SR 3 over the Penobscot River. It connects Verona Island to Prospect, in the U.S. state of Maine. Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory is situated 2,300 feet south of Fort Knox.
Buck Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Buck Memorial Library is the public library of Bucksport, Maine. It is located at 47 Maine Street in the center of the town, in an architecturally distinguished Gothic Revival stone structure designed by George A. Buck Memorial Library is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Fort Knox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bucksport and Verona Island.
Bucksport
Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge.
Verona Island
Village
Photo: RoyalbroilAlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verona Island is a town located on an island of the same name in the Penobscot River in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census.
Prospect
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort. Prospect is situated 3 miles west of Fort Knox.
Fort Knox
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Waldo County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.56615° or 44° 33′ 58″ northLongitude
-68.80243° or 68° 48′ 9″ westInception
1844Open location code
87PHH58X+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6546583181OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q4492003
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Russian—“Fort Knox” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن نوكس”
- French: “fort Knox (Maine)”
- French: “Fort Knox”
- Russian: “Форт-Нокс (Мэн)”
- Russian: “Форт-Нокс-Парк”
- Russian: “Форт-Нокс”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Battery A and Fort Knox State Historic Site.
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