Fort Williams Park Contact Portland Head Light

The Fort Williams Park is probably most

famous for having Portland Head Light on its
ground, but it also encompasses the
decommissioned and largely demolished US-
Army post Fort Williams, which was
operating during World War I and World War
II.

After proposals ranging from the idea of a

science park at the coast to low-income
housings, the Cape Elizabeth Town Council 1000 Shore Road
designated Fort Williams as Fort Williams
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
Park on July 23, 1979.
Phone: 001 207 799 2661
Everybody can visit the park for free.
Email: cephl@aol.com
There are many recreational facilities and
opportunities: 2 tennis courts, a basketball www.portlandheadlight.com
court, a baseball diamond, a course for
physical fitness, picnic tables, cookout Opening Hours:
facilities, picnic shelter and you can go Daily 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
running, walking or dog walking there.
From Mid-April through Memorial Day and
from November through mid-December only
at the weekends.

Adult: $2.00

Child (6-18): $1.00

 Portland Head Light
The Portland Head Light a historic lighthouse
in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
It’s a white conical building with a black iron
trim and it’s 101ft high (31m).
The construction was started at the directive
of George Washington in 1787 and it was
finished on January 10, 1791.
The former lighthouse is a museum now.
The Portland Head Light was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on April
24, 1973.
Museum
The museum at the Portland Head Light is
contained within the former keeper’s
quarters.
It’s an award winning maritime museum
where you can see many lighthouse lenses
and interpretative displays.
In the gift shop you can find fine lighthouse
and Maine elated gifts for you and your
friends.
There is also a seasonal shop on the website.
Cape Elizabeth
Cape Elizabeth is a city in Cumberland
County in the state of Maine, south of
South Portland and east of
Scarborough.
The city is extending 12 miles into the
open ocean and it’s rimmed by craggy
shores and sandy beaches.
In 1529, Cape Elizabeth first appears
as a nameless headland mapped by a
Spanish cartographer.
When the area was mapped in 1628
again by John Smith, Karl I, who
received the map, chose the name for
Cape Elizabeth after his sister
Elisabeth Stuart.
1628 the first people settle down in
the area around Cape Elizabeth
From 1899 to 1962, Fort William
protected the harbor of Portland until
Fort Williams Park was founded.