Owls Head Light
Owls Head, ME · Active aid to navigation
Grounds only — tower not open
Access source: USCG Historian's Office fact sheet · Checked 2026-11-12 · Source
Owner / operator: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (Owls Head State Park); keeper house is U.S. Coast Guard housing
The light
| Location | Owls Head, ME (Knox County) |
|---|---|
| Status | Active aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file) |
| Light List number | 4105 |
| Light characteristic | F W |
| Height of light above water | 26 ft (USCG AtoN) |
| Structure | White tower |
| National Register of Historic Places | Listed 1/18/1978 · Reference #78000183 |
| Position | 44.09225, -69.04403 (federal record; not for navigation) |
| Coast Guard remark | Obscured from 324° to 354° by Monroe Island.Lighted throughout 24 hours. HORN: 2 blast ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si). MRASS-Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 60 minutes. |
Sources
USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).