The United States of America is a federal union of 50 states and a capital district. The northeastern state of New Hampshire has a very short Atlantic coastline, just 18 miles (29 km) long, wedged between Maine and Massachusetts. There are two coastal lighthouses and three state-approved, privately maintained lighthouses on Lake Sunapee. Both coastal lights are the objects of well-organized preservation efforts. The Whaleback Light in the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is actually in Maine waters, so it is listed under that state. New Hampshire is divided into ten counties. Coastal aids to navigation in New Hampshire are maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England and its Aids to Navigation Team based at South Portland, Maine, but ownership (and sometimes operation) of historic lighthouses has been transferred to local authorities and preservation organizations in many cases. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume J of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. USCG numbers are from Vol. I of the USCG Light List.
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Adjoining pages: North: Southern Maine | South: Northern Massachusetts
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Posted in May 2001. Checked and revised May 19, 2024. Lighthouses: 5. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.