A public float landing, with depths of 10 feet reported alongside, is about 200 feet east of the petroleum berth. Gasoline, diesel fuel, provisions, marine supplies, and services are available nearby.
There are markets, banks, restaurants, lodging, and other conveniences in town.
Bucksport is a customs station.
Navigation:
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The Penobscot River, emptying into the head of Penobscot Bay, forms the approach to the town of Bucksport 6.5 miles above Fort Point.
Dangers
Fort Point Ledge, 0.3 to 0.6 mile southward of Fort Point Light, uncovers about 5 feet. A light marks the ledge.
Odom Ledge, a drying ledge in the middle of the main channel 2.7 miles above Fort Point, is marked by a daybeacon on a square stone base on the highest point of the ledge and by a buoy off the southwest side.
The Penobscot River is crossed by U.S. Route 1 highway bridge, about 0.8 mile below the town of Bucksport. The bridge has a fixed span with a clearance of 135 feet. The overhead power cable that crosses the river just above Bucksport has a clearance of 145 feet. U.S. Route 1 highway bridge crosses Eastern Channel eastward of the wharves at Bucksport. The fixed span has a clearance of 19 feet. An overhead power cable crossing the channel close eastward of the bridge has a clearance of 42 feet.
