3rd order Fresnel lens (1855), 12 inches (300 mm), (1982)
Range
6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
Characteristic
Oc G 4s
Whitehead Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location
Whitehead Island, St. George, Maine
Area
11.1 acres (4.5 ha)
Built
1852
Architect
US Army Corps of Engineers
MPS
Light Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No.
88000154[1]
Added to NRHP
March 14, 1988
Whitehead Light is a lighthouse on Whitehead Island, on Muscle Ridge Channel, in the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine. It is in the town of St.George. Established in 1804, it is one of Maine's oldest light stations, with its present tower built in 1852 to a design attributed to Alexander Parris.[2][3][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitehead Light Station on March 14, 1988.[1] The property is now owned by not for profit Pine Island Camp. Whitehead light station offers to the public various stays at the light station from getaway weekends to learning retreats and renting the station as a vacation home. The light itself remains an active aid to navigation, maintained by the United States Coast Guard.
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
^Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey(PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 41.
^Rowlett, Russ (December 7, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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