Arrowsic
has four lighthouses. Possibly we have the highest number of lighthouses
per capita of any town or city in the USA. Furthermore, these lighthouses
are rare in construction, as well as eye-catching.
The Doubling Point Lighthouse, above, lights the curve that leads downriver
from Bath to Fiddler's Reach. You can read about it on its own web site:
click for Doubling Point Light.
At the other end of Fiddler's Reach are the Kennebec River
Range
Lights. Mariners line up these two lights, one behind the other, as
they journey upriver toward Bath. You can see how the lights work and
learn much from the Range Light Keepers'
web site. Both the Doubling Point Light and the Range Lights are
in the hands of non-profit groups that see to their maintenance and
preservation.
Down river, where the Kennebec turns slightly east and runs to
meet
the ocean, you can find the Squirrel Point Light. The Keeper's House,
boathouse, and other outbuildings are preserved on this point, which
is accessible by foot only.