List of lighthouses in Maryland

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are fourteen active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously manned lights.

The first lighthouse in the state was lit in 1822 and the last in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the Pooles Island Light and the oldest still active is the Cove Point Light. The tallest extant tower is the Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2] Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) navigational charts.

Name Location Coordinates[note 1] Image Focal
Height 		Built[note 2] Automated Deactivated Status
Baltimore Harbor Light Entrance to the Magothy River 39°03′33″N 76°23′56″W / 39.0592°N 76.3990°W / 39.0592; -76.3990 52 ft (16 m) 1908 1964 Active
Blakistone Island Light St. Clement's Island 38°12′27″N 76°44′42″W / 38.2074°N 76.7449°W / 38.2074; -76.7449 1851 1932 1956 Destroyed by fire;
reconstructed in 2008
Bloody Point Bar Light off south end of Kent Island 39°50′02″N 76°23′30″W / 39.8338°N 76.3917°W / 39.8338; -76.3917 54 ft (16 m) 1882 1961 Active[note 3]
Bodkin Island Light Off Bodkin Point at the mouth of the Patapsco River 39°08′02″N 76°25′37″W / 39.134°N 76.427°W / 39.134; -76.427 35 ft (11 m) 1822 1855 Destroyed
Cedar Point Light Cedar Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River 38°17′57″N 76°23′10″W / 38.2992°N 76.3860°W / 38.2992; -76.3860 45 ft (14 m) 1896 1920 Destroyed
Choptank River Light mouth of the Tred Avon River 38°39′20″N 76°11′08″W / 38.6555°N 76.1855°W / 38.6555; -76.1855 1871/1921 1964 Replaced with skeleton tower
Clay Island Light mouth of Fishing Bay 38°14′02″N 75°58′12″W / 38.234°N 75.970°W / 38.234; -75.970 36 ft (11 m) 1832 1892 Destroyed
Cobb Point Bar Light[note 4] in Potomac River south of Cobb Island 38°14′33″N 76°49′36″W / 38.2424°N 76.8266°W / 38.2424; -76.8266 1889 1940 Damaged in fire;
replaced with skeleton tower
Concord Point Light Havre De Grace 39°32′27″N 76°05′05″W / 39.5407°N 76.0848°W / 39.5407; -76.0848 36 ft (11 m) 1827 1920 1975 Inactive
Cove Point Light south of Calvert Cliffs State Park 38°23′11″N 76°22′54″W / 38.3863°N 76.3817°W / 38.3863; -76.3817 38 ft (12 m) 1828 1986 Active
Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Entrance to the Patapsco River 39°11′19″N 76°23′40″W / 39.1886°N 76.3945°W / 39.1886; -76.3945 22 ft (6.7 m) 1875 1964 Active
Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light east of North Point State Park 39°13′45″N 76°23′39″W / 39.2291°N 76.3942°W / 39.2291; -76.3942 105 ft (32 m) 1875 1964 Active
Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light West of Fort Howard 39°11′50″N 76°26′54″W / 39.1971°N 76.4482°W / 39.1971; -76.4482 15 ft (4.6 m) 1886 1929 Active
Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light East side of Sparrows Point 39°12′58″N 76°27′46″W / 39.2162°N 76.4627°W / 39.2162; -76.4627 64 ft (20 m) 1886 1929 Active
Drum Point Light off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River;
relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum 		38°19′08″N 76°25′16″W / 38.319°N 76.421°W / 38.319; -76.421 (orig.);
38°19′52″N 76°27′47″W / 38.331°N 76.463°W / 38.331; -76.463 (current) 		46 ft (14 m) 1883 1960 1962 Moved to museum
Fishing Battery Light Fishing Battery Island 39°29′42″N 76°04′59″W / 39.495°N 76.083°W / 39.495; -76.083 32 ft (9.8 m) 1853 1939 1925 Abandoned and in ruins;
replaced by skeleton tower[note 5]
Fog Point Light Northwest tip of Smith Island 38°01′48″N 76°02′30″W / 38.0299°N 76.0417°W / 38.0299; -76.0417 40 ft (12 m) 1827 1875 Destroyed
Fort Carroll Light Fort Carroll 39°12′53″N 76°31′12″W / 39.2147°N 76.5199°W / 39.2147; -76.5199 1854/1900 1920 1931 Abandoned
Fort Washington Light Fort Washington Park on the Potomac River 38°42′43″N 77°02′13″W / 38.712°N 77.037°W / 38.712; -77.037 28 ft (8.5 m) 1857/1901[note 6] 1954 Active
Great Shoals Light mouth of the Wicomico River 38°12′51″N 75°52′46″W / 38.2143°N 75.8794°W / 38.2143; -75.8794 37 ft (11 m) 1884 1966 Replaced with automated light
Greenbury Point Light (1st)[note 7] Greenbury Point at the mouth of the Severn River 38°58′30″N 76°27′18″W / 38.975°N 76.455°W / 38.975; -76.455 1848 1891 Demolished
Greenbury Point Light (2nd)[note 7] south of Greenbury Point at the mouth of the Severn River 38°58′05″N 76°27′14″W / 38.968°N 76.454°W / 38.968; -76.454 39 ft (12 m) 1892 1934 Replaced with automated light
Hawkins Point Light[note 8] Hawkins Point on the south bank of the Patapsco River 39°12′28″N 76°31′57″W / 39.2079°N 76.5326°W / 39.2079; -76.5326 34 ft (10 m) 1868 1924 Replaced with skeleton tower
Holland Island Bar Light south of Holland Island 38°04′07″N 76°05′45″W / 38.0687°N 76.0959°W / 38.0687; -76.0959 1889 1960 Replaced with automated light
Hooper Island Light 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Middle Hooper Island 38°15′22″N 76°15′00″W / 38.256°N 76.250°W / 38.256; -76.250 63 ft (19 m) 1902 1961 Active
Hooper Strait Light originally in Hooper Strait north of Bloodsworth Island;
relocated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 		38°13′36″N 76°04′32″W / 38.2267°N 76.0756°W / 38.2267; -76.0756 (orig.);
38°47′15″N 76°13′09″W / 38.7875°N 76.2192°W / 38.7875; -76.2192 (current) 		1867 1954 1966 Moved to museum
Janes Island Light Tangier Sound 37°57′48″N 75°55′07″W / 37.9633°N 75.9185°W / 37.9633; -75.9185 38 ft (12 m) 1867/1879 1935 Replaced with automated light
Lazaretto Point Light Lazaretto Point in Baltimore harbor 39°15′44″N 76°34′17″W / 39.2622°N 76.5715°W / 39.2622; -76.5715 31 ft (9.4 m) 1831 1916 1926 Replaced with skeleton tower;
replica constructed in 1985
Leading Point Light[note 9] Leading Point on the south bank of the Patapsco River 39°12′49″N 76°33′06″W / 39.2137°N 76.5518°W / 39.2137; -76.5518 34 ft (10 m) 1868 1924 Replaced with skeleton tower
Love Point Light off northern tip of Kent Island 39°03′14″N 76°17′25″W / 39.0539°N 76.2904°W / 39.0539; -76.2904 1872 1953 1964 Replaced with automated light
Lower Cedar Point Light Potomac River south of the US 301 bridge 38°20′24″N 76°59′35″W / 38.340°N 76.993°W / 38.340; -76.993 1867 1951 Replaced with automated light
Maryland Point Light Potomac River east of Fairview Beach, Virginia 38°20′58″N 77°11′51″W / 38.3495°N 77.1975°W / 38.3495; -77.1975 1892 1954 1963 Replaced with automated light
Mathias Point Light Potomac River opposite mouth of Port Tobacco River 38°24′18″N 77°02′34″W / 38.4051°N 77.0428°W / 38.4051; -77.0428 1876 1951 1961 Replaced with automated light
North Point Range Light (front) Off Fort Howard on the Patapsco River 39°11′38″N 76°26′31″W / 39.1940°N 76.4419°W / 39.1940; -76.4419 (east light) 34 ft (10 m) 1822 1873 Demolished; superseded by Craighill Channel ranges
North Point Range Light (rear) Off Fort Howard on the Patapsco River 39°11′50″N 76°26′54″W / 39.1971°N 76.4482°W / 39.1971; -76.4482 40 ft (12 m) 1822 1873 Demolished; superseded by Craighill Channel ranges
Piney Point Light Piney Point on the Potomac River 38°08′08″N 76°31′47″W / 38.1355°N 76.5297°W / 38.1355; -76.5297 35 ft (11 m) 1836 1964 Inactive/museum
Point Lookout Light Point Lookout at the mouth of the Potomac River 38°02′19″N 76°19′20″W / 38.0387°N 76.3221°W / 38.0387; -76.3221 41 ft (12 m) 1830[note 10] 1966 Inactive
Point No Point Light off west shore of the Chesapeake Bay north of the Potomac River 38°07′41″N 76°17′24″W / 38.128°N 76.29°W / 38.128; -76.29 52 ft (16 m) 1905 1938 Active
Pooles Island Light Pooles Island off Aberdeen Proving Ground 39°16′44″N 76°16′12″W / 39.279°N 76.270°W / 39.279; -76.270 38 ft (12 m) 1825 1918 1939 Inactive
Ragged Point Light of Ragged Point in the Potomac River 38°09′16″N 76°36′05″W / 38.1544°N 76.6014°W / 38.1544; -76.6014 1910 1962 Replaced with automated light
Sandy Point Shoal Light off Sandy Point near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge 39°00′58″N 76°23′06″W / 39.016°N 76.385°W / 39.016; -76.385 51 ft (16 m) 1883 1963 Active
Seven Foot Knoll Light mouth of the Patapsco River;
relocated to the Baltimore Inner Harbor 		39°09′18″N 76°24′33″W / 39.1551°N 76.4091°W / 39.1551; -76.4091 (orig.);
39°17′01″N 76°36′19″W / 39.2836°N 76.6054°W / 39.2836; -76.6054 (current) 		40 ft (12 m) 1855 1949 1988 Moved to shore display
Sharkfin Shoal Light Tangier Sound northeast of Bloodsworth Island 38°12′07″N 75°59′12″W / 38.2020°N 75.9868°W / 38.2020; -75.9868 44 ft (13 m) 1892 1964 Replaced with automated light
Sharps Island Light southwest of Tilghman Island 38°38′21″N 76°22′33″W / 38.6391°N 76.3758°W / 38.6391; -76.3758[3] 35 ft (11 m) 1838/1866/1882 1938 2010[4] Inactive[note 11]
Solomons Lump Light Kedges Straits North of Smith Island 38°02′53″N 76°00′54″W / 38.0481°N 76.0150°W / 38.0481; -76.0150 47 ft (14 m) 1875/1895 1950 Active[note 12]
Somers Cove Light Little Annemessex River southwest of Crisfield 37°57′59″N 75°52′39″W / 37.9665°N 75.8775°W / 37.9665; -75.8775 1867 1932 Replaced with automated light
Thomas Point Shoal Light off Thomas Point at the mouth of the South River 38°53′56″N 76°26′10″W / 38.899°N 76.436°W / 38.899; -76.436 43 ft (13 m) 1875 1986 Active
Turkey Point Light Turkey Point in Elk Neck State Park 39°27′00″N 76°00′32″W / 39.450°N 76.009°W / 39.450; -76.009 129 ft (39 m) 1835 1947 2000-2002 Active[note 13]
Upper Cedar Point Light west of Matthias Point in the Potomac River 38°24′10″N 77°04′57″W / 38.4027°N 77.0826°W / 38.4027; -77.0826 1867 1963 Replaced with automated light[note 14]

Notes

  1. ↑ A second set of coordinates indicate the structure has been moved since deactivation.
  2. ↑ If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
  3. ↑ Gutted by fire in 1960
  4. ↑ also known as Cobb Island Bar Light
  5. ↑ The skeleton tower was erected in 1925, supplanting the old beacon, but the keepers continued to live in the original house until the light was automated in 1939. The original house is now in ruins.
  6. ↑ The current tower was constructed for a fog bell in 1882 but was converted to a light in 1901.
  7. 1 2 There were two Greenbury Point lights, the first on land and the second offshore.
  8. ↑ front light of the Brewerton Channel Range
  9. ↑ rear light of the Brewerton Channel Range
  10. ↑ A second story was added to the house in 1883.
  11. ↑ The tower leans about 15° due to ice damage in 1977.
  12. ↑ The brick tower bearing the lamp remains but the attached house has been removed.
  13. ↑ Relit as a private aid to navigation in 2002.
  14. ↑ Inactive 1876-1882.

References

  1. ↑ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  3. ↑ "Sharps Island, MD". LighthouseFriends.
  4. ↑ "Local Notice to Mariners District 5 Week 02/10" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. 12 January 2010. p. 24. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
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