Nubble Light - York, Maine

As I look through some of my photos in my archives, I often come across scenes that take me back to the first time when I took a photo of them. Some of those scenes are so compelling to me that I have revisited them many times since I first saw them. This location, Nubble Light, is one of those scenes. It’s official name is Cape Neddick Lighthouse but the locals refer to it as Nubble since it sits on Nubble Island. The island is only about 200 feet offshore the town of York, a summertime beach town on the southern Maine Coast. The light is so picturesque that a photo of it was even sent into space aboard Voyager II. The lighthouse is a huge tourist attraction with over 500,000 people visiting each year. The best time to capture the scene is in the evening when the setting sun’s soft light lights up the buildings on the island. That being said, I have gotten good photos there in the mornings also.