Marshall Point Lighthouse

This is a very interesting lighthouse to visit. Some even call it the «Gump Light». The grounds are immaculate and well manicured. There are picnic tables for you to enjoy your lunch and just sit and enjoy the view. The museum in the Keeper’s house has a large variety of artifacts that are very interesting to view. The day we visited there was a local person who answered questions from anyone that stepped up and asked. Then of course you can walk out the walkway and see where they filmed the Forest Gump movie. A must stop if you enjoy visiting lighthouses.

It’s a light-house…what more do you want from me? It’s tricky to get to, but relatively pretty. There’s a cool bridge out to the lighthouse, and if it’s not crowded and you can get a picture down the length of the bridge, with good cloud conditions, like the picture below, then it’s really pretty. If you like lighthouses, give it a try. If not, the skip it.

Marshall Point Lighthouse
is also known as the
Gump Light.
The Marshall Point light is 31 feet tall and was built in 1857. It marks the entrance of Port Clyde Harbor and at least one other light has been in this location. The light is rather unusual in that the bottom half is made of granite from the local quarries but the top half is brick. It originally had a 5^th order Fresnel Lens but of course that is long gone. The first keeper’s house was thwacked by lighting long ago and a new one was built in the some location.
There is a small museum and gift shop in the new keeper’s house but they have never been open when I have been around. I guess I show up too late, too early or too something. There is a very cool thousand pound bell on the ground in front of the keepers house that was once used as a fog signal. A walkway allows you to go right up to the light and a couple of picnic tables are on the grounds.
Port Clyde is actually a small fishing village in the larger, but still small town of St. George. The whole area around the lighthouse is a beautiful place all year long with views of Port Clyde Harbor and the surrounding hills. A great place to yak, hike, ski or bike.
Or perhaps run.
In fact this is the lighthouse where Tom Hanks finished up his run across country in the movie Forrest Gump. That’s why some of the local people around Port Clyde call this lighthouse
Gump Light.