BASS HARBOR HEAD LIGHTHOUSE (PE1835)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Bass Harbor
Location: N 44° 13.318' W068° 20.237'
Elevation: 16 ft.
Designation: BASS HARBOR HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
Setting: Lighthouse
Type: Landmark/Intersection Station
Year: Unknown
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 11 June 2005
This was my second benchmark find on a day that went very quickly from 90° and sunny (while we were hiking on Bar Island) to about 45°, dark and misty (while we were eating our lobster lunch at Beal's). At the lighthouse, the conditions were cold and foggy, but we still took some time for photos and exploration. The lighthouse is beautiful and I hope we were able to do it some justice with our photographs, even though we could only capture it from the usual viewpoint this time. Had we known about the nearby BASS HARBOR RESET mark, we may have searched for it as well (or simply saved it for a warmer day!).
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1934:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC) THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND. ACCORDING TO THE LIGHTKEEPER AND THE LIGHT LIST THE LIGHT HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1858. IT IS A WHITE TOWER CONNECTED TO A HOUSE.
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...NGS Landmark/Intersection Station BASS HARBOR HEAD LIGHTHOUSEN 44° 13.318' W068° 20.237' |