Fort Foster Fire Control Tower

Specs

• Year Established: 1943 
• Year Abandoned: 1948
• Original Function: A six-story fire control observation tower for World War 2

Location

• Park: Fort Foster Park
• Address: Pocahontas Road
• Town: Kittery
• State: Maine
• GPS: Lat 43.067205 Lng -70.6869232
• Parking notes: There is a large parking lot at Fort Foster Park which charges $20 to park at in the summer. The Fort Foster Park gate is closed to vehicular traffic in the offseason and it reopens each year in the Spring. The tower is a short walk from the parking lot.
• Parking directions: HERE
• Location directions: HERE