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Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven

Location: Browns Head, Vinalhaven, Maine
Coordinates - 44°6′42.352″N 68°54′34.186″W
Constructed: 1832
Automated: 1987
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Shape: Cylindrical
Markings: White
Fog signal: HORN: 1 every 10s
First lit: 1857 (current structure)
Focal height: 39 feet (12 m)
Range: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) & 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic: Fixed White with 2 Red sectors

I visited this light on July 17 2022.

The lighthouse is owned by the American Lighthouse Foundation. Grounds open, dwelling/tower closed.

Camden Harbor Cruises offers boat trips that include Browns Head Lighthouse. Browns Head Lighthouse can be visited by taking the ferry from Rockland to Vinalhaven

Added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 27 1983

Access: Boat