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Heron Neck Lighthouse Fun Facts
Location: Green's Island
Closest City: Vinalhaven, Maine
Latitude: 44.025 Longitude: -68.8616
Body of Water: Gulf of Maine
Open to Public: No
Station Established: 1854
Present Tower Activated: 1854
Status of Light: Operational
Tower Height: 30 ft.
Optic: 300mm, 1982
Fifth Order Fresnel, Original
National Register Reference #: 87002266
Listing Name: Heron Neck Light Station
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 Situated at the southern tip of Green's Island roughly 2 miles southwest of Vinalhaven, the Heron Neck lighthouse was built in 1854, the same year as the Pumpkin Island lighthouse. The white, cylindrical, brick tower with red and black trim is 30 feet tall and attached to the 1.5 story, L-shaped, wood frame keeper's dwelling (1895). A brick oil house (1903), sound signal building and foghorn (both 1944), and generator building are also present at this site. A previous fog siren is on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland.
The light was automated in 1982 when the fifth-order Fresnel lens was replaced by a modern 300mm optic. The keeper's quarters were damaged by fire in 1989, after which the Coast Guard indicated its intention to demolish it. Ownership of the station was later transferred to the Island Institute which, in turn, has leased it to an individual intent on restoring the impaired facility. The site is presently used for research and education and is not open to the public.
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