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Wood Island Light

Biddeford Pool, 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

LocationBiddeford Pool, ME (York County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number95
Light characteristicAl WG 10s
Height of light above water47 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite conical tower connected to dwelling
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 1/21/1988 · Reference #87002274
Position43.45687, -70.32906 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s 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 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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