Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine - Encircle Photos

Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

There are over 150 lighthouses along 6,000 miles of New England’s coast. Ship’s navigation technology has made most of them obsolete. However, they are still busy as beacons to tourists with cameras. Maine has 66 lights. The oldest is Portland Head Light in Williams Park. The 80 foot lighthouse is located in a suburb of Portland called Cape Elizabeth. George Washington commissioned the light in 1787. It began shining four years later. The keeper’s house dates from 1891.

Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

12 Captain Strout Cir, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

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