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Boothbay Harbor: The Shore (2 of 3)

May 2015

Barrett Park is a small park that is certainly crowded with picnickers during the season. In early May there were a few people, but it looks to be used more by lobsterman. And at least one has some new traps!

Stack of bright yellow lobster traps beside calm water at Barrett Park

Quiet cove with a small white boat, shoreline rocks, and stacks of lobster traps across the water at Barrett Park

Cluster of green lobster buoys hanging in front of stacked lobster traps at Barrett Park

Common loon swimming alone on calm harbor water

Pair of ducks swimming on gray-green water, including a male common eider in the foreground

One evening we headed North to the next peninsula. We drove through Damariscotta

Wooden dock with a small motorboat moored beside it in a quiet harbor near Damariscotta

and even had supper at a restaurant there, "Best Thai Food". Not a particularly imaginative name, but we were very pleased with their food. Pemequid Lighthouse was our destination. This is a scenic lighthouse, very famous, and with fabulous rock in its coastline. We wanted to be there at sunset, to enjoy some of the soft lighting that time of the day provides.

Pemaquid Lighthouse keeper's house and tower glowing in warm evening light

Pemaquid Lighthouse viewed from below across granite rocks in soft evening light

Striped granite ledges at Pemaquid Point stretching toward the sea in late-afternoon light

Close view of folded and contorted striped granite at Pemaquid Point beside a still tide pool

Pemaquid Lighthouse framed by dark layered rock in the foreground

Closer view of the red brick Fishermen's Museum and Pemaquid Lighthouse above the rocks

Close view of the Fishermen's Museum and Pemaquid Lighthouse in warm low light

Pemaquid Lighthouse tower and American flag against a clear blue evening sky

Pemaquid Lighthouse with the Fishermen's Museum sign and white picket fence in golden evening light

Close view of the illuminated lantern room at Pemaquid Lighthouse against deep blue twilight

If you want to learn more about the rocks, this is a link to the Maine Geological Survey report for Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. For contrast, here is a report for Ogunquit.

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Updated April 2026