Saddleback Ledge Light
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Saddleback Quick Facts

Year Station Established: 1839

Is the Light operational? Yes

Year Light First Lit: 1839

Year Automated: 1954

Shape: Conical

Tower Height: 42   ft.

Original Optic: 5th Order, Fresnel

Present Optic: 300mm

Existing Keepers Quarters? No

 

Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse
Isle Au Haut Bay, Maine

Cyberlights Lighthouses - Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse

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Last Visited: July, 2000

History:
Saddleback Ledge Light, sitting in Isle Au Haut Bay, is considered one of the most remote lighthouses in Maine. The small outcropping of rock that the lighthouse sits on has nothing to protect the light tower and the original keeper's house from the weather and the ocean. However in 1960 the light was automated and the the keeper's house, although surviving years of fierce Maine coast weather, was instead destroyed to reduce maintenance costs.

Latitude/Longitude: 44.014353,-68.726458

Directions:
  • Heron Neck Lighthouse can only be seen from boat or plane. Lighthouse cruises out of Camden go past this lighthouse. See our Lighthouse Tours page for more info.


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