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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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
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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. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.06388° or 43° 3′ 50″ northLongitude
-70.69763° or 70° 41′ 52″ westOperator
Wood Island Live Saving Station Association (WILSSA)Open location code
87MF3872+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 228621558OpenStreetMap feature
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