West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine

West Quoddy Head Light is an iconic lighthouse known for its distinctive horizontal red-and-white candy stripe pattern—a unique feature among U.S. lighthouses. Situated on the easternmost point of the contiguous United States, it offers dramatic coastal scenery with rugged cliffs, sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean, and clear sightlines across Quoddy Narrows toward Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. The lighthouse structure paired with the attached white keeper’s house with red roof, the small brick utility building, and the open grassy headland of Quoddy Head State Park provide rich compositional elements for photography. Lighting conditions vary beautifully throughout the day: sunrise illuminates the tower’s eastern face, late afternoon and early evening produce warm, golden tones enhancing the red hues, while fog or blue hour after sunset deliver moodier, painterly effects. Night photography opportunities include capturing the lighthouse’s characteristic white flashing beam aga...