Date Visited: October 1, 2016
Location: 11 Sohier Park Rd, York, ME
Hours: Open everyday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Free
Parking: There is a designated parking area with about 30 to 40 parking spots. There are also additional parking spots on the other side of the main parking area on the side of the road as you exit the main parking area
Highlights: lighthouse, scenic, views of the ocean, bird life
Lowlights: Parking can be difficult since it is such a popular spot (there was a line of cars waiting to park when I left and that was on a rainy day)
Web Site: Nubble Light
Also known as Nubble Light, Cape Neddick Lighthouse is an 41 foot (88 feet above sea level) cylindrical lighthouse on the edge of Cape Neddick, a community in York, Maine.
The lighthouse is actually on Nubble Island, hence the name Nubble Light. People like to call it Nubble and it sounds like a cuter name. So, yeah, I’ll go with that.
Originally constructed in 1879 for $15,000 (roughly $342,000.00 in today’s money), Nubble Light is located about 100 yards off Cape Neddick Point. The light was automated in 1986.
Nubble Light is one of the easiest lighthouses to photograph. From Cape Neddick, you have wonderful views of the lighthouse.
There is also a rocky area you can climb down to get closer to the water and get some sweet views of the lighthouse. Uhm, yes.
As you can see in some of the photos, it was a very windy day and the waves were crashing pretty hard against the rocks. Between the rain and the water from the surf it was almost impossible to keep a dry lens, although I tried.
Since people feed them, birds seem to flock by the area.
The weather conditions didn’t deter this hardy Maine fisherman. He did catch and release.
As you leave the parking area on the other side of the lighthouse, there are some pretty views.
Cape Neddick is a dog friendly area. Logan, a 2 year old Red Hound and Coon Hound mix, likes to look out at the lighthouse also.
Video of Nubble Lighthouse:
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