9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) & 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic
Fl R 6s with 2 W sectors
Prospect Harbor Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city
Prospect Harbor, Maine
Built
1891
Architect
US Army Corps of Engineers
MPS
Light Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No.
88000151[1]
Added to NRHP
March 14, 1988
Prospect Harbor Point Light is a lighthouse on Prospect Harbor Point, which divides Sand Cove from Inner Harbor at the head of Prospect Harbor on the southern shore of Gouldsboro, Maine.[2][3] Also known as Prospect Harbor Light, it was first established in 1850. The present structure was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Prospect Harbor Light Station in 1988.[1]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. August 6, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
^United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 19.
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