The Maine Beaches Visitor Guide 2020 Visitor's Guide to The Maine Beaches | Page 14

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LIGHTHOUSES
Long after you
return home, these
majestic landmarks
will stay with you
as a uniquely
Maine experience.
Every mile of our coastline has long offered sailors and sea captains the guidance
and protection of a Maine lighthouse. Even in blinding snowstorms and horrific
nor'easters, our Maine lighthouse keepers would work tirelessly to keep the light
on for the safety of ships. The stories of bravery and peril that have made it into
the history books are thrilling and sometimes frightful.
The days of the manned lighthouse are all but gone replaced by superior tools of
automation, alerting commercial and pleasure boaters of the danger that lies in wait
should they come too close to Maine’s beautiful but rocky shoreline.
These distinctive, masterfully-engineered, often cheery buildings hold a special
place in the heart of those who come to the Maine Beaches. One lighthouse in
particular, Cape Neddick’s Nubble Light, is considered the most photographed
lighthouse in the world, being hash-tagged in various ways, all including “nubble”,
more than 45,000 times in a recent Instagram search.
All Maine Beaches lighthouses are visible from land (weather permitting). Gaze
across at the harbor to Goat Island Light from the Cape Porpoise Pier, where you
can grab a great lobster roll too. Kittery’s Fort Foster, with its trails, beaches, and
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