Maine's 65 lighthouses are filled with American history and stunning views. ... The West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is easily recognized because of its candy-stripe paint scheme.

Maine's 65 historic lighthouses beckon to visitors today just as they have drawn and guided ships into safe harbors for centuries along the state's rocky coastline. Portland Head Light, the first ...

Two Lights State Park is home to the first twin lighthouses in Maine; both built in 1828. This stretch of coastline has historically been perilous, and at least 98 ships sank in this area between ...

LUBEC, Maine — At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children’s book. T… ...

It also happens that this coming Saturday, Sept. 11, is Maine Open Lighthouse Day. This is a day to celebrate the history and heritage of the many lighthouses along Maine’s coast.

Lighthouses, like lobsters, can be found up and down the East Coast and beyond, but it’s Maine they symbolize. More than 800 lighthouses still stand in the United States, and Michigan counts 120 ...

Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where the sun first rises each day in this country.

World Monuments Watch says Maine's historic lighthouses are threatened by climate change and intensifying coastal storms, like the ones that battered some of the iconic beacons in January 2024.