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2012 Rental Availability

The entire Whitehead Light Station facility is being offered for rent by the week during parts of June, August, and September. The rental fee is $6900 per week in the high season and $4900 per week in the off season, plus Maine lodging tax. High season is June 22nd through September 21st. Please call (207) 200-7957 or e-mail to inquire about renting the Light Station.

The Facility

Accommodations:
 
A seven-bedroom Lightkeeper's house on 11.1 acres. Three of the bedrooms have one double bed, two have two twins, and two have two doubles. All bedrooms have their own bathroom. The house also includes two sitting rooms, a library, a dining room, and a full kitchen. All linens are provided.

Transportation:
 
You will be picked up on the mainland by the Whitehead Light Station captain in one of the two Whitehead Light Station boats. The captain will live at the Station to help you enjoy your stay and will be available to take small groups on outings in the boat and on trips to the mainland as you require.

Opportunities:

  • Spend time on the granite shore watching the sailing traffic.
  • Enjoy the moss-carpeted spruce woods.
  • Swim off the float (if you are very hardy).
  • Visit other local islands.
  • Watch birds and seals.
  • Buy lobsters from a local lobsterman and cook them out on the rocks.
  • Relax with a book outdoors in one of the Light Station's many Adirondack chairs or indoors in our comfortable library and sitting rooms.
  • Explore the beautiful Midcoast area.

2012 Dates Available
June 11-18
August 11-17 reserved
September 8-14
September 15-21
September 22-28
September 29 - October 5

These dates are flexible. Please contact us and we will do our best to work with your schedule.
Click here to request a rental reservation.


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"At Whitehead Light Station, we seek to give participants an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy the dramatic coast of Maine in an atmosphere that will broaden knowledge, strengthen skills, and promote renewal.  We aim to achieve these goals through a program of simple living, appreciation of the natural world, and first-rate instruction."

© 2008-2012 Whitehead Light Station | Benjamin Swan, Director
PO Box 242 Brunswick ME 04011 winter telephone (207) 200 7957