Brown's Head Lighthouse, Vinalhaven, Maine, September 2023

Vinalhaven, Maine

August 26, 2023

Fueling up the chase boat for the journey back to the mainland. Vinalhaven, ME.

Connie Hayes - Where Are They Going?, Vinalhaven, 2022 - Oil on canvas

i must know where blu lobter came from if you know. is it from the maine coast? is this creature a mainer

It is indeed a Maine Lobster. It was caught by some people near Vinalhaven and they emailed us like. ‘Hey. We got a weird lobster do you want it???’ And of course the answer was yes we want the weird lobster. We have a collection of weird lobsters.

Robert Indiana (New Castle, 1928 - Vinalhaven, 2018) Indiana in Lewiston - The Hartley Elegies: Berlin Series, Karl von Freyburg II, 1991. - source Bertolami.

"Side Yard, Vinalhaven"

Connie Hayes

Cig Harvey

Penobscot Bay (Jesse), Vinalhaven, Maine, 2018

Archival pigment print

Heron Neck Light on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine // Christine Morton Feast your eyes on the enchanting Heron Neck Light, a picturesque sight on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine. Captured by Christine Morton.

Noise recording at a home near wind turbines in Vinalhaven, Maine

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Heron Neck Lighthouse, Vinalhaven, Maine, September 2023

Heron Neck Light on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine // Christine Morton

Step into a world of coastal beauty and serenity at Heron Neck Light on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine. Courtesy of Christine Morton.

August 23, 2022

Lindsey sketching our view. Vinalhaven, ME.

Heron Neck Light on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine // Christine Morton Step into a world of coastal beauty and serenity at Heron Neck Light on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine. Courtesy of Christine Morton.

LOTD: Browns Head

(from: https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/me.htm)

Browns Head (2)

1857 (station established 1832). Active; focal plane 39 ft (12 m); continuous white or red light, depensing on direction; the white sector covers the clear channel north of Fiddlers Ledge. 20 ft (6 m) round cylindrical brick tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house (1857); 4th order Fresnel lens (1902). Buildings painted white, lantern and gallery black. Fog horn (blast every 10 s). Oil house (1903). Fog bell tower demolished; the original bell is on display at the Vinalhaven Historical Society museum. Kenya Allmond's photo is below, Anderson's page has good photos, Trabas has Boucher's photo, Jason Cole has a 2022 photo, Darcy Howard has a 2018 photo, Huelse has a historic postcard view, and Google has a satellite view. In 1998 the light station was transferred to the Town of Vinalhaven under the Maine Lights program; it became the residence of the Vinalhaven town manager, who also served as caretaker for the lighthouse. Ownership of the lighthouse was transferred to the American Lighthouse Foundation in October 2015; the Foundation has a page for the lighthouse. . Earlier there were plans to offer overnight accommodations in the keeper's house but so far this hasn't happened. In 2019 the Foundation launched a campaign to raise $60,000 for restoration of the lighthouse and in 2022 the Foundation transferred ownership to a new preservation group, the Friends of Browns Head Lighthouse. Located at the end of Browns Head Light Road on the northwest coast of Vinalhaven Island. The island is accessible by state ferry from Rockland. Site open, tower closed. Operator: U.S. Coast Guard. Owner/site manager: Friends of Browns Head Lighthouse. . ARLHS USA-088; Admiralty J0110; USCG 1-3965.

(full photo found here; ©Kenya Allmond)