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The Cuckolds Light

Southport, ME · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationSouthport, ME (Lincoln County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number5485
Light characteristicFl (2)W 6s
Height of light above water59 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite octagonal tower on dwelling
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 12/2/2002 · Reference #02001413
Position43.77951, -69.65001 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). 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 45 minutes.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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