Owls Head Lighthouse

01/02/2026

Happy New Year!

A view of Penobscot Bay from inside the lantern on January 1, 2026.

(Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)

09/17/2025

What an historic day this was!

09/13/2025

Thank you to everyone who visited Owls Head Lighthouse today for Maine Open Lighthouse Day!

American Lighthouse Foundation
Visit Maine
US Coast Guard Sector Northern New England

09/12/2025

A view of sundown on September 8th.

(Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)

09/12/2025

This was a wonderful graveside ceremony to honor Owls Head lightkeeper Llewellyn Norwood.

09/11/2025

WABI TV 5's coverage the 200th anniversary celebration at Owls Head Light Station yesterday.

Those from the lighthouse foundation say they look forward to welcoming and educating visitors about the light for years to come.

09/11/2025

What a wonderful, historic event at the lighthouse yesterday!

Thank you Owls Head, Maine History (Mussel Ridge Historical Society) for all your help!

OWLS HEAD — Two hundred years ago today, the Owls Head Lighthouse beamed its first light toward the sea with the intention of guiding mariners to shore and evolving into an assurance to those seeking tangible markers in an ocean of uncertainty. To mark the occasion, and each of those 200 years, th...

09/01/2025

A view of the lighthouse this morning.

(Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)

08/24/2025

This promises to be a FUN day celebrating 200 years of light at Owls Head!

Owls Head Light Station to celebrate 200 years on September 10, 2025!

The American Lighthouse Foundation, with wonderful support from the Mussel Ridge Historical Society (Owls Head, Maine History), will commemorate this milestone on September 10th - the same day Owls Head Light was lit two centuries ago in 1825.

Read all about it at:

https://lighthousefoundation.org/2025/08/owls-head-light-station-to-celebrate-200-years/

(Photo courtesy of the Mussel Ridge Historical Society)

08/11/2025

Owls Head Light Station's 200th anniversary celebration promises to be an historic and fun event! Stay tuned for more details.

Preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Owls Head Light Station on September 10, 2025!

Members of the Mussel Ridge Historical Society - Owls Head, Maine History, and the American Lighthouse Foundation met this morning at The Old Homestead in Owls Head to iron out the historic event's itinerary.

Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

(Sitting L to R) Christina Linscott, Kay Dodge, Phelps Bristol and Sally Bristol. (Standing L to R) Ann-Marie Trapani, Carolyn Philbrook and Michelle Miller.

(Group photo by Bob Trapani, Jr...Historic photo is a U.S. Coast Guard image)

08/07/2025

Thank you Kirsten, Vivien and Patty for volunteering to staff the light tower today on National Lighthouse Day!

Thank you to these three “Ladies of the Light!”

American Lighthouse Foundation volunteers (L to R) Kirstin Choate, Vivien Kelley and Patty Hornsberger staffed Owls Head Light this afternoon so that the tower could be open to the public on National Lighthouse Day.

Kirsten, Vivien and Patty...we really appreciate your volunteer time and efforts – and so did all the visitors who had the opportunity to climb Owls Head Lighthouse on this special day!

(Photos by Ann-Marie Trapani)

08/06/2025

The lighthouse will be open for tours tomorrow (August 7th) from 1 to 4 pm on National Lighthouse Day!

In honor of National Lighthouse Day tomorrow (August 7), Owls Head Lighthouse will be open for tours from 1 to 4 pm!

(Photo by Bob Trapani, Jr.)