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Managing Organization:
American Lighthouse Foundation
Telephone: 207-646-0245
Website: http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/alf_lights/prospectharbor/prospectharbor_info.htm
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 889
Wells
Maine, 04090, United States
Notes:
Prospect Harbor Point Light is on the grounds of a Naval installation and is off limits to the general public. The keeper's house is available for overnight stays for active and retired military families. Active Navy personnel receive reservation priorities. The active light is still maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard; the lighthouse is maintained by the American Lighthouse Foundation of Wells, Maine. There was a problem with water getting into to the tower where it joined with the lantern, but the American Lighthouse Foundation had the problem fixed and the lantern renovated in 2004.
Tower Height: 38
Height of Focal Plane: 43
Characteristic and Range: Flashing red every six seconds with two white sectors.
Description of Tower: Conical white wood tower with black cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1891 1.5 story wood frame keeper's house, c. 1905 oil house, boat shed.
Earlier Towers?
1850: Granite tower attached to keeper's house.
Date Established: 1850
Date Present Tower Built: 1891
Date Deactivated: 1859-1870
Date Automated: 1934
Optics: 1870 (?): Fifth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm.
Fog Signal: Station had a fog bell at one time.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, Navy guest house.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
From US Route 1 North, take ME 195 south to Prospect Harbor. If coming from the north, take ME 186 south to Prospect Harbor. The lighthouse can be seen across the harbor from ME 186. For a closer look follow ME 195. Where the road bears left toward Corea at a "Detachment Alpha" sign, drive straight on Lighthouse Point Road. Follow to the gate of the Navy installation. There are no real parking spaces; pull to the side of the road. Good views of the lighthouse are possible from the rocky beach, espcecially at low tide.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: P. Stevens (?-1853); S. H. Sargent (1853-?); Albion Faulkingham (?); Ambrose Wasgatt (Wascott?) (?-1924); John Workman (1936-1940)
Nearby Lodging: The keeper's house is available for overnight stays for active and retired military families. Active Navy personnel receive reservation priorities. The Commanding Officer, NAVSOC, administers the operation of Gull Cottage and approves or disapproves all reservation requests. The decision of the Commanding Officer regarding requests is final. Reservation requests will be accepted no earlier than 0800 and no later than 1100 on the first working day of the month preceding the month in which reservations are desired. O6 and above make reservation requests to the NAVSOC Headquarters Senior Enlisted Advisor (805) 989-4212 / 4211 between the hours of 0800 and 1100 PST. All others will make their requests to the NAVSOC Detachment ALFA Administrative Officer at (207) 963-7700 between the hours of 0800 and 1100 EST. Approval of reservations is based on the priority order contained in BUPERSINST 1710.11C.
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