Portsmouth Harbor Light
The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New Hampshire, United States
- Also known as: “Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort William and Mary and New Castle Congregational Church.
Fort William and Mary
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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.
New Castle Congregational Church
Church
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The New Castle Congregational Church is a congregation of the United Church of Christ, located at 65 Main Street in New Castle, New Hampshire. Its church, the only ecclesiastical building in the small community, was built in 1828 by a local master builder, based on the architectural patterns published by Asher Benjamin, and also based in part on the St. John's Church in nearby Portsmouth. New Castle Congregational Church is situated 2,100 feet west of Portsmouth Harbor Light.
Lady Pepperrell House
Museum
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The Lady Pepperrell House is an American historic house in Kittery Point, Maine. It stands on State Route 103, opposite the First Congregational Church and Parsonage. Lady Pepperrell House is situated 1 mile northwest of Portsmouth Harbor Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.
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.
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.
Portsmouth Harbor Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.07107° or 43° 4′ 16″ northLongitude
-70.70862° or 70° 42′ 31″ westInception
1878Height
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87MF37CR+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 47405349OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q2105290
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Portsmouth Harbor Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Portsmouth Harbor”
- French: “Phare de Portsmouth Harbor”
- German: “Portsmouth Harbor Light”
- Russian: “Маяк Портсмут-Харбор”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Station Portsmouth Harbor and NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler.
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