Portland, ME Lighthouses

[TS Von]

Does anyone know what, if any of the Portland, ME lighthouses are visible from the ship upon arrival/departure from the port?  I'd love to get photos of them if possible, from the ship.

[Oakman58]

You will be able to see from the port side of the ship the Portland Head Light, the Spring Point Ledge lighthouse, and the lighthouse at Bug Light park as you cruise into Portland, ME.  Here are my pics.

 

 

Edited Saturday at 09:33 PM by Oakman58

[TS Von]

That's awesome.  And these are beautiful too!  Thanks for sharing.  I was debating whether or not to do an excursion just for the photo ops.

[chengkp75]

I've always recommended what Oakman did, and catch the Head Light from the sea, as it produces a far more unique photo than one from land, and gives you the experience of what a seafarer sees of the lights.  Unless you can go up in the lighthouse, like you can at Nauset Light on Cape Cod (in fall you can watch the sun set from the walkway outside the lens room), lighthouses from land have little appeal to me.

[TS Von]

Everyone is different as I do enjoy exploring and photographing lighthouses from all perspectives.  I do enjoy them from the water for sure and looking forward to seeing these (and others) in Canada.

[Oakman58]

I think the most interesting lighthouse I saw on our NCL Breakaway cruise was the Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport RI.

 

Edited 12 hours ago by Oakman58

[chengkp75]

I like the Ram Island Ledge Light in Portland.  I always wonder at how they built this sucker.

[Oakman58]

1 hour ago, chengkp75 said:

I like the Ram Island Ledge Light in Portland.  I always wonder at how they built this sucker.

 

OMG, I completely forgot that one was out there.

[TS Von]

2 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

I like the Ram Island Ledge Light in Portland.  I always wonder at how they built this sucker.

And it's visible upon entry/departure from the Portland Port?

[chengkp75]

Portland Head Light will be on the port side, and Ram Island Ledge will be on the starboard, you'll be about 1/3 mile offshore of Portland Head, and 1/2 mile off Ram Island Ledge, as the ship makes the turn into the channel towards Portland at the Head Light.  Then, Cushing and Peaks Islands to starboard, about 300 yards to starboard, then Spring Point light to port while passing Fort Scammel and Fort Gorges to starboard.  When you get to Bug Light, the ship will be maneuvering for final approach to the cruise terminal, not sure if they turn around or not, I think they do that on departure. 

[zqvol]

On 10/19/2024 at 6:39 PM, TS Von said:

That's awesome.  And these are beautiful too!  Thanks for sharing.  I was debating whether or not to do an excursion just for the photo ops.

Do the excursion. At two of them you literally walk up to the base of the light house. While the pics from the ship,are great the ones from shore can be spectacular.