Portsmouth Channel Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Portsmouth Channel Range Front Lighthouse
The Portsmouth Channel Range Front light is a 15-meter tall cylindrical skeletal tower painted red with a white vertical stripe. It carries a rectangular daymark with the same coloring. The structure stands 19 meters above the water, providing a geographic range of 12.9 nautical miles. Its light emits a fixed red signal that is occulting, meaning it briefly disappears, on a 6-second cycle. The tower is located on Kittery Point, Maine, south of ME 103 and east of Fort McClary State Park. The site is open to visitors, but the tower is closed.
Why it matters: This range light provides essential alignment for vessels entering the Piscataqua River and navigating towards the harbors of Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- Red
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Oc R 6s
- Focal Height
- 19m
- Geographic Range
- 12.9NM
Location
- City
- Kittery
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Region
- Maine
- Sea Region
- Marks the entrance range for the Piscataqua River and the harbors of Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, situated on the south side of ME 103 at Kittery Point, just east of Fort McClary State Park.
- Latitude
- 43.0827°
- Longitude
- -70.7075°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Portsmouth(1.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J0233
- USCG No.
- 1-8305
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 15m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- red with a white vertical stripe
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a rectangular daymark colored red with a white vertical stripe
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
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