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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

105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
207-288-5015
inquiry@coa.edu
https://www.coa.edu/islands/mount-desert-rock/

Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse - National Archives Photo

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