Mount Desert Rock Light

Location: Approximately 20 miles south of Mount Desert Island
Latitude: 43°58'07.2"N Longitude: 68°07'40.2"W

Station Established: 1830

Present Tower Built: 1847

Automated: 1977

Structure Status: Standing

Tower Height: 58 Feet

Focal Plane: 75 Feet

Present Day Optic: VLB-44

USCG Unit Responsible for Aid to Navigation: ANT Southwest Harbor

Historic Structures Remaining:

1893 keeper's house

1895 boathouse

cistern

storage building

Lighthouse Owner: College of the Atlantic

Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse - National Archives Photo

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