Bear Island Lighthouse, Maine at Lighthousefriends.com
Bear Island Lighthouse sits on, as one might expect, Bear Island, at the entrance to Mount Desert Harbor, Maine. Bear Island might have originally been named “Bare,” due to the lack of trees, and probably was never home to any bears.
Bear Island Light - Wikipedia
Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island near Mt. Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor, Maine. [2] [3] It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation by the Friends of Acadia National Park in 1989.
Bear Island Lighthouse at Entrance to Somes Sound, Acadia
Bear Island and the Bear Island Lighthouse are located at the southern entrance to Somes Sound which runs north to south through the lower part of Mount Desert Island, Maine, home to the majority of Acadia National Park.
Lighthouses - Acadia National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
2024年10月23日 · Originally authorized in 1839, the Bear Island Lighthouse is one of the 65 lighthouses along the Gulf of Maine. Standing at 31-feet tall, it rests upon a 70-foot cliff giving it a focal height of 101 feet.
Bear Island Light history - NEW ENGLAND LIGHTHOUSES: A VIRTUAL GUIDE
Bear Island was always a family light station with one keeper. The first lighthouse building took the form of a wooden tower on the southern end of the roof of a small rubblestone dwelling; its seven lamps and 13-inch reflectors in an octagonal wrought-iron lantern showed a fixed white light 98 feet above mean high water.
Bear Island Light - Maine Tourism
This lighthouse is located approximately 1,200 feet offshore from Mount Desert Island on Bear Island, nearest the town of Northeast Harbor. The light is not accessible to the public but can be viewed by boat cruises in the area. The light was discontinued in the early 1980s but was re-lit in 1989 and is now a private air to navigation.
Bear Island Lighthouse, Boat Tours, in Maine, Acadia National Park
Enjoy a true nature tour by some of the most scenic views of the shoreline of Acadia, and take in views of Bear Island Lighthouse, depending on the weather. The Alice E and Elizabeth T depart from: Dysart’s Great Harbor Marina
Lighthouses Near Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Maine - Bar …
The other four are Baker Island, Bear Island Light, Burnt Coat Harbor, and Egg Rock Light. Some of these great old lighthouses can be viewed and photographed on boat tours that reveal their incredible histories.
Bear Island - Visit Maine
Bear Island Lighthouse was built in 1839. Located at the entrance to Somes Sound, the lighthouse is part of Acadia National Park. It is not open to the public, but you can view it from the water or from the mainland along Shore Road in Manset.
Bear Island Lighthouse - United States Lighthouses
In the 1980’s Bear Island Light was discontinued. It was replaced by and off shore lighted bell buoy. The property became part of Arcadia National Park in 1987.