Wood Island Life Saving Station

Wood Island Life Saving Station is a museum in York County, Maine. Wood Island Life Saving Station is situated nearby to Submarine fence pier, as well as near the lighthouse Whaleback Light Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whaleback Light Station and Portsmouth Harbor Light.

Whaleback Light Station

Lighthouse

Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery. Whaleback Light Station is situated 1,900 feet south of Wood Island Life Saving Station.

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Rosstracy, CC BY 3.0.

The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States. Portsmouth Harbor Light is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Wood Island Life Saving Station.

Fort William and Mary

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort William and Mary was a colonial-era British fortress on the island of New Castle, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in the Province of New Hampshire. Fort William and Mary is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Wood Island Life Saving Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.

Newcastle

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Kittery

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.

Portsmouth

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

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.

Wood Island Life Saving Station

Type: Museum
Address: Wood Island, Kittery Point, ME 03905
Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.06388° or 43° 3′ 50″ north

Longitude

-70.69763° or 70° 41′ 52″ west

Operator

Wood Island Live Saving Station Association (WILSSA)

Open location code

87MF3872+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 228621558

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritme

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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