Whitehead Lighthouse (Whitehead Island Lighthouse, White Head Lighthouse)
Near St. George, Maine
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Location: Western entrance to Muscle Ridge Channel, Penobscot Bay
Coordinates: 43 58 43 N 69 07 27 W View Whitehead Lighthouse in a larger map Previous lighthouse: Tenants Harbor Light
Next lighthouse: Two Bush Island Light |
Active aid to navigation. Owned and maintained by Whitehead Light Station.
Accessibility: Best seen by boat. The light station is not open to the public except by special arrangement. There are adult education programs and vacation rentals Station established: 1804
Present lighthouse built: 1852 Automated: 1982 Construction materials: Granite, asphalt Other buildings/structures still standing: 1891 keeper's house, 1891 oil house, 1888 fog signal building. boathouse with launchway, schoolhouse, granite wharf, tractor garage (former fire pump house) Height of tower: 41 feet Height of focal plane: 75 feet Original optic: Third order Fresnel lens (1857) Present optic: VLB-44 (LED) (2017) 
Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.
Characteristic: Green light occulting every 4 seconds
Fog signal: Two blasts every 30 seconds |
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