Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.

Easternmost Point in the U. S. A. is a monument in Town of Lubec, Washington, Maine. Easternmost Point in the U. S. A. is situated nearby to the heritage site West Quoddy Head Light, as well as near the islet Sail Rock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Quoddy Head Light and Lubec Channel Light.

West Quoddy Head Light

Heritage site

Photo: Dupes, Public domain.

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.

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. Lubec Channel Light is situated 2½ miles northwest of Easternmost Point in the U. S. A..

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.

Easternmost Point in the U. S. A.

Type: Monument
Category: historic site
Location: Town of Lubec, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.81499° or 44° 48′ 54″ north

Longitude

-66.9505° or 66° 57′ 2″ west

Open location code

87PMR27X+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6687710454

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West Quoddy Head Light Station Visitors Center and West Quoddy Head Light Park.

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