Description: Illuminated by 53 volunteer light painters. The guzzle at Moore's Harbor is a place to listen to the incoming and outgoing tides move through the scree. The fish house is the old standing structure on the island.
Description: Illuminated by 19 volunteer light painters. The D. T. Sheridan shipwreck, a 110 foot steel tugboat, ran aground in dense fog at Lobster Point on Nov. 5, 1948.
Description: Illuminated by 39 volunteer light painters. A beautiful sandy beach with rocky outcroppings at low tide, Bennett's Cove has been used to launch boats. The land has recently been placed in a land trust and is preserved for public use.
Description: Illuminated by 11 volunteer light painters. The Mullens Family farmed this land for years, before abandoning the family farm and heading west to join the Mormons. This beautiful parcel of coastal is town owned and open to the public.
Description: Illuminated by 32 volunteer light painters. The Fort McKinley Mining Casemate, now a private residence, was used during World War II to deploy mines in Portland Harbor.
Description: Illuminated by 57 volunteer light painters. For many years, Big Tree, served as a landmark for sailors at 90 feet tall. The tree was struck by lightning in 1929, but stood until 1944 when a hurricane brought it down.
Description: Illuminated by 85 volunteer light painters. A favorite local gathering spot with a unique rock formation. One would never know this area was once farmland used by the local soldiers stationed on Peaks Island.
Description: Illuminated by 41 volunteer light painters. This shallow cove is local favorite swimming area. The tidal water is warmed by the exposed mud at low tide baking in the sun and then transferring the heat to the tidal water with the incoming tide.
Description: Illuminated by 24 volunteer light painters. Traditionally, a flake yard is where the fisherman dried the cod they caught. Today the Flake Yard is where many of the Matinicus lobsterman's fish houses are located and their sternmen live.