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DIRECTIONS

GPS

823 Quoddy Head Rd.

Lubec, ME 04652

44 deg. 49 min 4 Sec North Latitude
66 deg. 57 min 56 Sec West Longitude

QUODDY HEAD STATION on WEST QUODDY HEAD, LUBEC, MAINE  

DRIVE

Lubec can be reached by car in 4-5 hours driving time from Portland, Maine. From Portland to Bangor is about 2 hours on I-95. There are 2 alternative routes from Bangor. Both the Coastal and Inland Routes leave I-95 by brown Downeast & Acadia Region sign at Exit 182A. Continue on I-395 to Exit 6A which exits onto Alternate Rt.1A.

The Coastal Route is Alternate Rt.1A starting at Exit 6A to Ellsworth. In Ellsworth follow Coastal Rt1 North to Machias. Please note, with the exception of Ellsworth, there are no dining options after 8 PM.

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The Inland Route [used by locals] follows Alternate Rt.1A at Exit 6A for a few miles. Turn left on SR 46 at East Holden. Follow 46 about 5 miles to East Eddington. Turn right onto Rt 9 [“The Airline”]. Go 55 miles to Wesley. Turn right onto SR 192 going 20 miles to Machias. Please note, with the exception of Ellsworth, there are no dining options after 8 PM.

Bangor       

  Boston        

                                    Manchester     

Portland     

 

From Machias, go about 15 miles on RT 1 North turning right onto SR 189 by brown Quoddy Head State Park sign at Whiting. Go 11 miles +/- to brown Quoddy Head State Park sign just before a right turn onto South Lubec Road-- with a colorfull lighthouse sign on the far right corner by an old blue building with yellow doors. Proceed 3 miles +/- on South Lubec Road to sharp left fork at another brown Quoddy Head State Park sign. Go 1 1/4 miles to West Quoddy Station-- on left with asphalt driveway between fence and sign. The entrance to Quoddy Head State Park, with its World Famous Easternmost Lighthouse, is 3/4 mile further at “The End of the Earth.”

 

BORDER CROSSING
Effective June 1, 2009 a PASSPORT BOOK or PASSPORT CARD
will be required to cross between the USA and CANADA. [Lubec, Maine - Campobello, New Brunswick]. For an expedient and pleasant crossing experience, please consider a smile, no hat, no sunglasses.


 
There is a brown State of Maine Tourism sign "Downeast & Quoddy State Park" at Mile 107 on I-95 North, just before Augusta.

   
 

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