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Battery Steele

MilitaryEasy difficulty● Green hazardMaine

The largest gun battery ever built in the US: a 1942 emplacement for two 16-inch guns stretching over 500 feet through the middle of Peaks Island, guarding Casco Bay. Now owned by the Peaks Island Land Preserve, its dark corridors and graffiti-covered casemates are open to anyone who makes the ferry ride from Portland — bring a light.

Site typeMilitary
StateMaine
Coordinates43.6565, -70.1832
Difficulty · EasyWalk-up access or short approach on open ground.
Hazard · GreenLow hazard — managed, publicly accessible, or structurally benign site.
Light todaySunrise 05:51 · sunset 19:36 (local) — golden hour is the first and last hour of that window
Conditions today61–66°F · 30% precip chance · wind to 13 mph
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