Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Near Frenchboro, Maine
Location: About 20 miles south of Mount Desert Island
Coordinates: 43 58 06 N 68 07 42 W View Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse in a larger map Previous lighthouse (south to north): Great Duck Island Light
Next lighthouse (south to north): Baker Island Light |
Active aid to navigation. Property is owned by: College of the Atlantic
Accessibility: The lighthouse is used as a whale research station and is not open to the general public. It is best viewed by boat.
Station established: 1830
Present lighthouse built: 1847 Automated: 1977 Construction material: Granite Other buildings still standing: 1893 keeper's house, 1895 boathouse, cistern, storage building Height of tower: 58 feet Height of focal plane: 75 feet Earlier optic: Third-order Fresnel lens (1858) Present optic: VLB-44 (LED) (below; installed August 2018) Characteristic: Flashing white every fifteen seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds, MRASS (mariner activated) |
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