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Ancient magma flows formed this black dike at Schoodic Head. The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles (6 km) east of Bar Harbor, Maine, as the crow flies. The Schoodic Peninsula contains 2,266 acres (9 km 2), or approximately 5% of Acadia National Park. It includes the towns of Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor.
Winter Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Winter Harbor, Maine. It is located on Mark Island, a small island between the Schoodic Peninsula and Turtle Island, near the entry to the town's main harbor. [2] [3] The light was built in 1856 and was deactivated in 1933; it is no longer an aid to navigation, and is privately owned.
After the base was closed in 2002, [3] the National Park Service (NPS) acquired the land and established the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC). The SERC campus is managed by the nonprofit Schoodic Institute and the NPS in a public-private partnership as one of 19 NPS research learning centers in the country.
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.
Winter Harbor is a town on the Schoodic Peninsula in Hancock County, Maine, United States.The population was 461 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is located just outside the Schoodic Peninsula portion of Acadia National Park and is due east of the town of Bar Harbor and Ellsworth.
Quoddy Head State Park is a public recreation area in Lubec, Maine, located on the easternmost point of land in the continental United States.On its 541 acres (219 ha), purchased by the state in 1962, the state park features 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails, extensive forests, two bogs, diverse habitat for rare plants, and the striking, red-and-white striped lighthouse tower of West Quoddy Head ...
[2] [3] [4] Located on Egg Rock, midway between Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula, it is an active aid to navigation, flashing red every 40 seconds. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Egg Rock Light Station in 1988.
West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. [2] [3] [4] In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows.