Rockland Breakwater, Rockland

Name: Rockland Breakwater
Address: Rockland, United States

#2 among attractions in Rockland

Top attraction, Lighthouse

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The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. ()

Built: 1880 (144 years ago)Coordinates: 44°6'15"N, 69°4'39"W

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Rockland Breakwater – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Owls Head Light, Rockland Residential Historic District, Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine Lighthouse Museum.

1.9 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Owls Head Light, Owls Head
48 min walk • The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation.
1.8 miW
Park, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Rockland Residential Historic District, Rockland
48 min walk • The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.
1.5 miW
Museum, Historical place, Art museum
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland
40 min walk • The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art.
1.5 miW
44°6'8"N • 69°6'28"W
Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland
39 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Lighthouse
1.4 miW
Ship
American Eagle, Rockland
35 min walk • The American Eagle, originally Andrew and Rosalie, is a two-masted schooner serving the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine. Launched in 1930 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, she was the last auxiliary schooner to be built in that port, and one of Gloucester's last sail-powered fishing vessels.
1.6 miW
Cinema, Concerts and shows, Theater
Strand Theatre, Rockland
41 min walk • The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive.
1.5 miW
Ship
Stephen Taber, Rockland
38 min walk • Stephen Taber is a two-masted schooner, built in 1871, operating as a "windjammer" in the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine.
1.6 miW
Ship
Isaac H. Evans, Rockland
41 min walk • Isaac H. Evans, originally Boyd N. Sheppard, is a two-masted schooner berthed in Rockland, Maine. She is a Maine windjammer, serving the tourist trade.
~40 ftS
Lighthouse
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Rockland
1 min walk • Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point, the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater. Now automated, it continues to serve as an active aid to navigation.
1.5 miW
44°6'12"N • 69°6'28"W
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland
39 min walk • Museum, Art museum
1.5 miSW
44°5'39"N • 69°6'17"W
The Coastal Children's Museum, Rockland
39 min walk • Museum, Children's museum, Science museum