Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is a historic site in Town of Kittery, York County, Maine. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is situated nearby to PNS Post Office, as well as near Dry Dock Number 2.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rice Public Library and Robert William Traip Academy.

Rice Public Library

Library

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The Rice Public Library is the public library of Kittery, Maine. It is located at 8 Wentworth Street in the central Kittery Foreside village, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque Revival building built in 1889 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with a large annex just across the street at 2 Walker Street. Rice Public Library is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Robert William Traip Academy

School

Robert William Traip Academy is a public high school located in Kittery, Maine. It serves the towns of Kittery and Kittery Point, Maine. It is adjacent to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The principal is Jaime Sawler, as of July 1, 2025. Robert William Traip Academy is situated 1,500 feet north of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Saint Raphael’s Church

Church

Photo: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Raphael’s Church is situated 2,100 feet north of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kittery and Portsmouth.

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.

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.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Town of Kittery, York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.08305° or 43° 4′ 59″ north

Longitude

-70.73838° or 70° 44′ 18″ west

Inception

1800

Open location code

87MF37M6+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1125814816

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

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