Vinalhaven

Vinalhaven is a historic island town situated in the Fox Islands archipelago within the of , . Located in , approximately 15 miles across the waters of Penobscot Bay from the mainland city of Rockland, it stands as home to roughly 1,200 permanent residents a population that swells dramatically during the peak summer months.
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  • Type: Village with 1,130 residents
  • Description: town in Knox County, Maine, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Vinalhaven, Maine” and “Vinalhaven, ME”
  • Postal code: 04863

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vinalhaven Public Library and Union Church of Vinalhaven.

Library
The is the public library serving the island community of Vinalhaven, Maine. It is located at 6 Carver Street in downtown Vinalhaven, in a small architecturally distinguished Prairie School building built in 1906 with financial support from Andrew Carnegie.

Church
The is a historic church on East Main Street in the center of Vinalhaven, Maine. Built in 1899, it is a high quality example of Shingle style architecture, designed by one of its major promoters, John Calvin Stevens.

School
is a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade public school located at 22 Arcola Lane, Vinalhaven, an island located in mid-coast , 75 miles east northeast of .

Vinalhaven

Latitude
44.0481° or 44° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
-68.8317° or 68° 49′ 54″ west
Population
1,130
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
87PH25X9+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158800951
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4981804
Wiki­data ID
Q3242142
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Vinalhaven” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Vinalhaven”
  • Basque: “Vinalhaven”
  • Belarusian: “Віналхейвен”
  • Catalan: “Vinalhaven”
  • Cebuano: “Vinalhaven”
  • Chechen: “Виналгейвен”
  • Chinese: “Vinalhaven”
  • Chinese: “維那哈芬”
  • Chinese: “芬奴希雲”
  • Chinese: “韋納爾黑文”
  • Chinese: “韦纳尔黑文”
  • Dutch: “Vinalhaven”
  • Finnish: “Vinal Haven, Maine”
  • Finnish: “Vinal Haven”
  • Finnish: “Vinalhaven, Maine”
  • Finnish: “Vinalhaven”
  • French: “Vinalhaven”
  • German: “Vinalhaven”
  • Haitian: “Vinalhaven, Maine”
  • Haitian: “Vinalhaven”
  • Hebrew: “וינלהייבן”
  • Hungarian: “Vinalhaven”
  • Irish: “Vinalhaven”
  • Italian: “Vinalhaven”
  • Kazakh: “Vïnalxavén”
  • Kazakh: “Виналхавэн”
  • Kazakh: “ۆىينالحاۆەن”
  • Kirghiz: “Виналхавэн”
  • Korean: “바이널헤이븐”
  • Mazanderani: “وینالهون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vinalhaven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinalhaven”
  • Norwegian: “Vinalhaven”
  • Polish: “Vinalhaven”
  • Russian: “Виналхейвен”
  • Serbian: “Vinalhaven Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وینالهاون، مئین”
  • Spanish: “Vinalhaven (Maine)”
  • Spanish: “Vinalhaven”
  • Swedish: “Vinal Haven, Maine”
  • Swedish: “Vinalhaven”
  • Tatar: “Виналгейвен”
  • Turkish: “Vinalhaven”
  • Ukrainian: “Віналгейвен”
  • Urdu: “ونلہیون، مین”
  • Volapük: “Vinalhaven”
  • Welsh: “Vinalhaven, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Vinalhaven”

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