The Marshall Point Lighthouse is located just five minutes from Port Clyde at the mouth of the St. George River. The lighthouse, which was built in 1858, is under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, and the first floor of the lighthouse keeper's house is a museum. The lighthouse was one of the destinations that Tom Hank's character ran to in the movie "Forrest Gump" (1994). On a summer afternoon, the Marshall Point is a perfect location to gaze out across the Atlantic, watch rain squalls drift across the water and mark the progress of a fishing boat as it heads home after a day at sea.