History/Info:
This 20 foot tall white cylindrical brick tower is connected to the 1-1/2 story wooden, cottage style keeper's dwelling by a short enclosed passageway. Located in Penobscot Bay on the northwest point of Vinalhaven Island, it marks the western entrance to the Fox Islands Thorofare. This light originally housed a fifth-order Fresnel lens which was replaced by a fourth-order Fresnel in 1902. It was among the last of the Maine lighthouses to be automated, and is still active today.

Source: Internet Public Library

Hours:
The lighthouse is closed to the public but the grounds are publicly accessible.

Latitude/Longitude: 44°07'N 68°55'W

Directions: click here for map #1 at ferry landing  -  click here for map #2, North Haven Road to Lighthouse

• Once you leave the ferry landing parking lot in Vinalhaven, take a left onto Sands Road.
• Follow Sands Road to the end (about .4 miles) and take a right onto Dog Town Road.
• Dog Town Road becomes NorthHaven Road. Stay on NorthHaven Road for about 9.5 miles.
• Keep an eye on the mileage, there aren't many street signs. You'll encounter a group of mailboxesat the intersection with a dirt road. Turn left onto Crockett River Road.
• Take a right onto the SECOND dirt road, Brown's Head Light Road.
• You'll pass a small cemetary on the right. There's a parking area at the lighthouse.