Reviews of Fort Preble. (Other) in Portland (Maine).

Fort Preble

368 Reviews

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Other

Historical place

Bunker Lane, South Portland, ME 04106, United States

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Information of Fort Preble, Other in Portland (Maine)

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This place has a very good rate, they treat their customers well and you’ll feel welcome, super recommended

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Rōbi Ventures (Rōbi Ventures)

This Fort is located on the campus of SMCC and parking is limited. If school is in session, there would likely not be any parking available as it’s all campus parking. We enjoyed walking around the area and seeing everything. There is also a lighthouse here at the site.

Luz Celeste Segarra Ramos

It was amazing to see. No parking around. There is a College near it. We couldn't park so we didn't stay for long. We where geocaching around the area. It has a nice walk way too.

Johnny Gomez

Beautiful light house built in the 1800s. Was part of an active fort from the War of 1812 through the Second World War. Very easy to reach, but you’ll have to park in the community college to access the lighthouse. You can really take some great pictures of the lighthouse from the nearby beach area or along the rocky path leading to the lighthouse.

Megan Piper

Able to walk around and see the outside. Has access to the beach and some paths. Not able to go in also no cannons

c “cfl” lane

An interesting historic site that is worth a visit when exploring the nearby lighthouse. Decent parking and a nice place to sit and take in the views.

joe bourbeau

Very cool to see! And in such a beautiful area.

mei brown

We stop here after other places. So beautiful and peaceful with the harbor there

Ivy Marie

I'd never been there in the winter... the snow really set a different tone

Erik Teichmann

A great spot for ocean views, and a small amount of history. For someone who knows what they're looking for, I'm sure that the remains of the fort are very interesting. there isn't a lot in the way of signage or anything to tell you what you're looking at. However, the walk down to the lighthouse is great fun.

Chris Pine

A wonderful place to explore, especially with family and kids. You can walk out to the light house, look out the windows of the old fort, or travel down to the beach over the rocks. You can also go upstairs to get an even better view of the area. From here, you can see Peaks Island and other forts.

Bev Stevens

Plan to take your time to enjoy this area. I would like to see it kept cleaner and scrub grasses mowed to provide more space for flower gardens, however the wild flowers that grow in the unmaintained area are rather pretty. The light house can be viewed from several vantage points and there is quite the panorama of the boats on the water as well. The area looks neglected in places but that may be part of its charm. The parking is limited but if you are up to the walk you can park at Buglight or Willard beach parking lots and spend time wandering around.

daniel deutsch

Pretty cool place to walk around next to the Maine college campus. Light house attached to the grounds.

Rafael Sa

Very nice walk over the rocks to the fort. Be careful not to trip and fall between them. Not suitable for people with difficulty of locomotion or very small kids.

eric jones

Would of gave a 5 stars but the attendant kept harassing us about our dog. Dogs are allowed.

Ayon Ibrahim

Remnants of old fort now sorta part of SMCC campus. Cool to walk around, especially in foggy weather.

Diana Dowland

Spring Point Lighthouse is a hidden gem on the SMCC campus.

Monty Abel

Pretty cool. Got some nice photos from out on the stone pier. There are good sized gaps between stones walking out the pier with pretty deep crevices if you have small kids or elderly family members.

Angela Handy

One of my favorite places in Maine to just chill out with my family. The new wall is absolutely cool!! And the stairway to the water is cool!!!

Matt

Pretty especially during sunset. Bring refreshments with you and a lawn chair and enjoy the view.

Jim Weeder

Nice walking area. Be careful going out to the lighthouse very uneven. Beach access

Nadeau JW

Nice place to go and relax by the ocean or take a walk. A little breezy at times but beautiful scenery.

Pablo Bravo

Beautiful views. Ligth house is open to public

Sean Thompson

Amazing fort on Southern Maine Community College campus. Great views and fun to explore the old gun ports.

Jerri “Medic4Purple” Thompson

Very nice place to visit with lots of history. Walk on the rocks out to visit Spring Point lighthouse. May be difficult with younger kids but worth the close up experience.

Corey Cromwell

Loved it. The view, the climb. Don't worry, the rocks are stable

Alicia

Beautiful walk, clean, the views are great day or night

Amber Philbrook

Very nice place. Could use more parking.

Nancy Fletcher

It is history and free. However, on one end of it, there needs to be a safety barrier because of the drop off. It could be very dangerous for kids.

Brandy Plunkard

Amazing views! I was surprised this fort was there with the lighthouse.

Rayven K

Amazing landmark to visit. Absolutely open and free to roam and take in the sights. Right behind Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, you'll have to follow the trail south. If you're still in Spring Point circle you're missing it. Best to visit in the daylight.

Yvette Dilallo

One of my favorite stops to walk, beach, sit n enjoy the Sun or Clouds. Great place for photos n functions. In my hood n I'm there lots! Nothing like fresh Ocean Air with an abundance of History.

S P Fletcher

Interesting contemporary American 🇺🇸 defensive site. Also seems to be a good modern spot for marriages. …

d bonney

Easy walk beautiful views. Beach for swimming. Walk to lighthouse is fun

Maya Broad

Gorgeous scenic walk near smcc college.

L.J. La Luna

This was a really cool spot before the lighthouse. It's an old abandoned fort from the 1800's. It's trenched in American history and a bit creepy. The whole family enjoyed walking around the area and viewing the water through the windows. A door was opened allowing you to walk around the base and see inside the fort.

Vigeon

We visited for a sunrise trip. Beautiful location, amazing pictures, fun with friends. Bring shoes safe for mud if it's rained recently, because it collects under the overhangs. The water is a very pretty green-blue just in front of the fort.

Bill L (bill9155)

Smaller parking lot, but a great lighthouse and park to see!

Troy Windhorst

Ruins of an old fort and battery. This one is spread out a bit and fully accessible. It's a great place to explore, relax, picnic, or snap a few pics.

Marshall

There's more history on the East Coast than an individual will ever know and understand ! Cheers

Breezy

Waterfront with views of the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, a nice place to take a walk around. For those who don't mind getting their feet wet, you can walk down to the water and along the rocks during low tide.

Larry J. Arszman

Nice. I enjoy light houses

Patrick O'Leary

This place is amazing. There’s a lighthouse and two abandoned forts. Not much of a beach, no shower, no camping, no bathroom, most people spend 20 minutes here. Great view of the harbor and Portland.

Neha Ojha

I love lighthouses. It was a nice walk to the lighthouse. Was fun walking and hopping on the rocks which led to the lighthouse. Parking is very limited but we parked little far away on the street and walked.

Laura Robertson

This place is so pretty! Good views of the water and portsmouth. It's a short walk along the breaker to the bottom of the lighthouse, well worth it! This is a good stop to stretch legs, check out the beach, and check off a cute little lighthouse.

Jeff Trägheit

Lot of fun. Beautiful walk.

Dianne Farrington

This is one of my absolute favorite places to wander around. There is no entrance fee but parking can be a bit of a struggle to secure. It's a large wide open area with multiple Relic buildings and there's even a Beach area where the dogs can run around(when the tide is out). Remember to leash your dog until you get to the beach. And I believe there's a point where dogs are not allowed on the beach because of nesting Birds. There are a couple of historical placards that give you some information about Fort Preble. This is also a great launching spot 2 kayak or powerboat / 2 one of the other forts in the water

Brandon Hepler

I absolutely adore all the forts around Portland, and this location is no different. Their is parking down the beach at Willard Beach or some visitor parking at Southern Maine Community College. From this Fort you have excellent views of the Casco Bay area and a few head lights (or lighthouses) if the weather is clear. If you'd like to watch passing boats or ships, this is a great location.

Elizabeth Romero

The park itself around there was wonderful. Only down side was when we went to walk to the light house there was people doing a photoshoot and nobody could go pass them. It was kind of inconvenient seeing people travel far and wide to come out there and cant.

Jonathan Bratten

A well-preserved piece of Maine's history, with defenses from the War of 1812, the Civil War, and the two World Wars.

Keith Tharp

Nice spot with decent access to the water and pretty dog friendly

Kanwal Chawla

Good site to go to but Fort Williams area is much better if you had to choose over the other

Arjun Menon

Interesting spot. Kind of enter at your own risk with the rocks. I see little kids brave enough to jump from rock to rock, just one miss and they'll be missing some teeth for sure.

Jeff Richards

Beautiful views of the harbor; little lighthouse is cool; very neat to see the water through the old windows of the fortifications and interesting to see how these protected the harbor.

Adam H

Great place yo take photos. We had a lot of fun here. Be carefull with little kids walking ther rock path their are a lot of large gaps

David Lee

easy to get to and great place hang for a few hours

Kyle Britt (Natl.ParksWineGuy)

PRO'S: Good view of harbor, Portland skyline, lifhthouse and fort. CON'S: None SUMMARY: Modest lighthouse with plenty of green space and public parking makes for nice stop to see Portland skyline from across Bay.

Ian Ouellette

Beautiful spot

mountain base farm

Enjoyed our visit quite a bit. We love touring old military bunkers. We love the history of them.

Kelly H

Lovely place for pictures. Great views of the harbor. Parts of the fort will pop up as you walking along.

Gerry Doyon

Wide open and clean space that offers great views of the ocean and the history off how Maine built Liberty ships.

Oliver Ray

They need a plaque telling you a bit of the history of the place but it's over all a very beautiful place.

Daniel Garman

This place was fun to explore too bad someone is not keeping it up.

Kendall Brune

Incredible views-!

Fraser Hunter

What a beautiful location! We went to the Maine Brewers' Guild beer festival today. What a beautiful day!

Steven Edsall

Amazing. Attended a wedding. Perfect day and location. Light house and rock trail tops the memories.

Alexis Amarante

Nice views but hard to navigate with a stroller or young children.

Drew Breau

Just the location is great. A big fort to explore with easy access to the beach and spring point lighthouse.

Jody Diou

Beautiful place to take pictures and just enjoy the view.

Dogon 73

If you looking for a place to meditate, enjoy the breeze, a moment of tranquility and a zen, this is your spot.

Howard Gallagher

Nice place to chill and have a coffee while watching the boat traffic on a nice sunny day

Daniel Carpentier

Nice place to walk

Adam Chang

Very special little light House but is really worthy for visiting

Jorge Adolfo Caballero Palafox

Nice and peaceful place to chill and the walk to the light house was memorable

Brenda Dufour

Nice park. Clean. Even has a pokie stop and gym. Off street parking. Nice park

Lainey Cross

Went there to walk the dogs

Brooklyn Original

Beautiful fort with great views of the ocean. Absolutely worth the stop.

Sarah Boucher

Such a beautiful spot for a walk, views, and a picnic.

Jesse Flynn

Awesome piece of history great hiking spot

Marcus V

Loved it!

Jia Hua Chen

Nice place to sit and walk around. Lighthouse had some nice breeze

Juan Marroquin

Another great lighthouse with a view of an old military installation on the left background.

jeff simpson

Great place to take kids too run around, dogs too.

Jon Gerten

The lighthouse pier is so fun to go out on. It's an adventure

Willy Mcgee

Great views of Portland Harbor

Keian Holt

Behold! Beauty abound!

Linzee Prescott

Old fort.

Dagmara Olszewska

Nice place to hike and take awesome pictures of the ocean.

David Raux

Just beautiful. Very little parking

Jason W

Great historical location with beatiful ocean views and cool military installments

Michael Brady

Wish they had signs with the history of the fort and a diagram of the layout.

Carol Mitchell

Very peaceful and quiet. Beautiful scenery.

Sarah Frank

Beaches along here are a perfect spot to collect sea glass.

Gordon McAllister

Really beautiful spot! And makes me wish I had attended SMCC

K&A Racing

Fun little walk

Mosa Rahimi

A very beautiful and calming place to visit

David Clark

Stay away from here because it is truly one of the great secrets of the area and I'd like to keep it to myself.

SAW antz

Just another beautiful coastline along our great country.

Michael Danger

One of the best in town lighthouses on the Maine coast. Close to everything.

michelle beauregard

Was there for my brothers wedding.....could not have asked for a more beautiful spot!!!!

Christopher Childs

An old granite fort, lots of cool places to explore.

Ronald Valade

Fun, historic walk. Beautiful views.

P Hamilton

Great views!! Beautiful area

Katie Hart

Very nice fort.

Linda McLoon

Nice rock walk out to the light.

Susan Hughes

Loved this little gem on our Lighthouse hunt.

Gregory Lavertu

Fun place on a beautiful day, historic!

Michael H

Not quite a ruin. Neat to walk around

Will Cron

Great overall perspective of Portland and its maritime environment.

David Coco

Great view

Beverly Farnham

Nice but hard to get to for disabled

Shawn Cummings

Definitely a great place to explore.

LuAnn Thatcher

Beautiful!

Burt Carter

History that wasn't taught in school when I went to school

Stephen Foster

Lovely walk

Jose Avila

Interesting but not accessible.

Greg Fasano

History

Terry Whitfield Sr

Very nice place to visit.

Dan Weber

Wow! So much history and so much beauty!

Antonio Carrillo

Is very nice the view

David Day

It was a blustery rainy soaked day, but still interesting.

Clifford Harris

A lot of History here and I only scratched the Surface

mark fioravanti

Excited to see history of the lighthouse

Moto Phonez

Great view in any direction

Susan Mooney

Great views of Casco Bay!

Jen Hamerlinck

Beautiful little lighthouse.

Daniel Picard

Peaceful location!

William Cote

Great place to explore.

BCMG _

Nice place to go with the family.

B Christopher

Good lighthouse viewing

saif tahsin

Walking up to the lighthouse was an adventure

Liz

Beautiful views.

Tammy Silveria

Great place

Josh Lapointe

Beautiful site for events

Keith Moniz

Nice little walk

Alfred L C

Nice place

Parker Roberts

Beautiful morning and evening

Mark Holmes

Chilly Evening

Sharod Timmons

Absolutely gorgeous 😍 …

James Lucas

Great old fort

Cindy Cline

Difficult to walk to lighthouse.

Paula Boesch

Fun place

Jacob Morneault

Cool place to get away

Nathan Ralston

A neat place to go.

Dale black

I like light houses

Heather Seeley

Worth the walk out to it!

Charles A Heidegger

Nice place to visit

Dorothy Sieradzki

Beautiful city.

Little Joe Fontana

Unique lighthouse

Josef & Cindy Martin

Awesome place!

Mark Brodeur Jr

Excellent! Loved it.

Jennifer Phillips

Great fort :)

Teresa Lin

Cool old lighthouse

Heather Martin

Amazingly beautiful

Jason Nguyen

Historic site

JJ Photo

Awesome time !

Sheila Hale

The view

Jorge L Perez

Wonderful sites

Dean Lee

Cool rocks

Schuyler Ward

Beautiful

Fatima Hoxha

Beautiful

Bill Hartman

Great

Tereasa B

Awesome history

Kelly Bowman

I love the history

Tara Ferris

Beautiful!

Dc on The Hunt

Awesome place

Rustic Ridlon

What a workout🥵 …

Madhavi

Super

Mike Hart

interesting place

Bill Higgins - Ha4aLL

Historical

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(Translation) It is amazing the whole place very beautiful Beautiful views highly recommended (Original) Es asombrosa todo el lugar muy bonito Hermosas vistas muy recomendable

Monika Köfler

Sehenswert angenehm um sich zu entspannen (Translation) Worth seeing pleasant to relax

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