U.S. News Insider Tip: After visiting Bass Harbor Light Station, head to Thurston's Lobster in Bernard, a classic Maine lobster shack ... Visitors can reach the lighthouse by parking at the ...

Visiting the Bass Harbor Head Light is easy ... What is the oldest lighthouse in Maine? The Portland Head Light is the oldest ...

Maine's 65 historic lighthouses beckon ... (Getty Images)| The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse sits perched above the rugged coastline of Mount Desert Island. Located in Acadia National Park, this ...

According to Jeremy D'Entremont, the historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society, Portland Head ... whom Maine was under at the time, for a light at the entrance of Portland Harbor.