US Coast Guard Lighthouse Day
Maine Lighthouse Day Open House at Select Maine Lighthouses 2011

There are more than 60 lighthouses that dot the coastal regions of Maine. The lighthouse has become a symbol for Maine and they have guided many mariners around rocky ledges and dense fog for more than 200 years. Michigan is the only state that can say it has more lighthouses than Maine.

Maine lighthouses were originally kept up by a lighthouse keeper and sometimes by his family as well. Most keepers were said to be very lonely, especially the offshore ones. There are many stories about the isolated lighthouse keeper who lived by his duty to man the lighthouse. Their lives were based on risk and responsibility.

Open Lighthouse Day
According to the Maine Department of Tourism, on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 Maine will host its 3rd Annual Open Lighthouse Day. Via partnerships between the State of Maine, the American Lighthouse Foundation and the US Coast Guard, all 25 participating Maine lighthouses will be open to the public on this one day. This Maine maritime event is the largest "open lighthouse" event in the United States.

Last year, hundreds of people visited lighthouses along the Maine coast in the laregest effort of its kind in the nation. This year promises to bring more lighthouse livers to see Maine than ever before. The partnership with the Coast Guard, State of Maine and American Lighthouse Foundation is intended to increase awareness of Maine’s maritime heritage and the rich history of its lighthouses and lighthouse keepers.

Participating Lighthouses

Downeast & Acadia Maine Lighthouses

• Bass Harbor Head Light
• Burnt Coat Harbor Light
• Dice Head Light
• Deer Island Thorofare
• Eagle Island Light
• West Quoddy Head Light

Midcoast Maine Lighthouses

• Browns Head Light
• Burnt Island Light
• Curtis Island Light
• Doubling Point Light
• Fort Point Light
• Grindle Point Light
• Kennebec River Range Lights
• Marshall Point Light
• Monhegan Light
• Owls Head Light
• Pemaquid Point Light
• Rockland Breakwater
• Seguin Island Light
• Squirrel Point Light

Portland ME & Casco Bay Lighthouses

• Portland Breakwater Lighthouse
• Portland Head Light
• Spring Point Light

South Coast Maine Lighthouses

• Goat Island
• Wood Island

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