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Managing Organization:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Telephone: 207-646-0245
Website: http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/alf_lights/perkinsisland/perkinsisland_info.htm
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 889
Wells
Maine, 04090, United States
Notes:
The keeper's house, which is owned by the state of Maine, is in a state of severe disrepair, but the bell tower was recently restored by volunteers. The lighthouse was licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard to the American Lighthouse Foundation in 2000.
Tower Height: 23
Height of Focal Plane: 41
Characteristic and Range: Flashing red every 2.5 seconds with two white sectors.
Description of Tower: Octagonal white wood tower with black cast iron lantern.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1898 two story wood keeper's house, 1902 pyramidal fog bell tower, 1906 brick oil house, 1898 barn, 1901 boathouse.
Date Established: 1898
Date Present Tower Built: 1898
Date Automated: 1959
Optics: 1898: Fifth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm.
Fog Signal: 1902: Fog bell and striking machinery in pyramidal tower.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
The lighthouse can be seen across the Kennebec River at Parker Head in Phippsburg, off ME 209. From US Route 1 in Bath go south on ME 209. Continue to Phippsburg (six miles) and trun left on Parker Head Road. Continue about 2.6 miles to Parker Head Village. The lighthouse can be seen from here, but it is best seen from the water. The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath offers a number of cruises that pass the lighthouse. Call (207) 443-1316 for information. From Boothbay Harbor, Cap'n Fish's Whale Watch and Scenic Harbor Cruises offers a three hour Kennebec River-Bath cruise that passes Perkins Island and several other lighthouses. The cruise runs from July to September on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call (207) 633-3244 or (800) 636-3244 for times and reservations.
Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Eugene Osgood (c. 1930s); Clarence Skolfield (1946-1955).
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