US-2968666 West Quoddy Head Lighthouse

The West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is at West Quoddy Head in Lubec, Maine. This location is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States and the closest point to Europe from any point in the fifty States. West Quoddy Head overlooks Quoddy Narrows, a strait between Canada and the United States.

In 1808 the first lighthouse at West Quoddy Head was built to guide ships through the waterway. The current one, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was built in 1858. It is  49 feet (15 m) high and features third order Fresnel lens.

This postcard came from Carlton (12 September 2014) Postcrossing.