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MD 1 |
Turkey Point
From Interstate 95, take Exit 100 and travel south on Highway 272. After
2.4 miles you will cross Highway 7. Continue on Highway 272 for 11 more
miles (Highway 272 will become Turkey Point Road) and enter
Elk Neck
State Park. At the end of the road, park and follow the trail for about
a mile to the lighthouse.
Photo courtesy Thom
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MD 3 |
Concord Point
latitude 39º 32' 26.2" N longitude 76º 5'
5.2" W
July 28, 2006
Built in 1827, its the 2nd oldest tower on Chesapeake
bay, and is in the town of Havre de Grace. Thus probably with a
similar purpose as Seul Choix
way up in Michigan, a light to bring you comfortably home again.
It marks the end of 444 miles of the Susquehanna River and the beginning
of the Chesapeake Bay.
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MD 5 |
Craighill
Channel Upper Range Rear (Cutoff Channel Range Rear)
latitude 39º 12' 57.6" N longitude 76º 27'
45.5" W
Located on Wharf Road on the west side of Old Road Bay in Sparrows
Point, on property owned by a steel mill
Photo courtesy djbjr [Webshots] |
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MD 6 |
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Craighill
Channel Upper Range Front (Cutoff Channel Range Front, Fort Howard,
North Point)
latitude 39º 11' 49.6" N longitude 76º 26'
53.9" W
Accessible only by boat, but there are excellent views from the
former Fort Howard VA Medical Center (soon to be a retirement community
called Bayside at Fort Howard).
Photo courtesy
Thom Perry [Flickr] |
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Craighill
Channel Lower Range Rear (Millers Island)
The tallest Maryland lighthouse, this unusual light doesn't get the
attention it deserves. Located in the Chesapeake Bay just east of Ramona
Beach about 3 miles northeast of Fort Howard. Photo courtesy Thom Perry
[Flickr]
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| MD 9 |
Fort
Carroll
latitude 39º 12' 52.7" N longitude 76º 31'
8.4" W
A distant view is possible from Fort Armistead Park on the western bank
of the Patapsco River near the Interstate 695 bridge. To reach the park,
take exit 1 from Interstate 695 and drive south on Quarantine Road to
Hawkins Point Road. Go east on Hawkins Point Road to Fort Armistead
Road, which will take you to the park.
Photo courtesy
Thom Perry [Flickr] |
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Seven Foot Knoll
latitude 39º 17' 3.8" N longitude 76º 36'
25.2" W
July 28, 2006
Physically located in the heart of Baltimore's
Harbor (now), we looped around this light trying to navigate city streets.
Found a downtown parking lot, pulled in, took these pictures, then were told
that the meter showed no time, so it was free (instead of $4 for the first
1/2 hour).
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MD 11 |
Baltimore
latitude 39º 3' 33.1" N longitude 76º 23'
56.4" W
It can be seen from Gibson Island or Beacon Hill.
Watermark Cruises out of Annapolis offers a
Lighthouse Cruise that passes this lighthouse.
Photo courtesy pwhsu48 [Webshots]
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MD 12 |
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Sandy Point Shoal
latitude 39º 0' 57.4" N longitude 76º 23'
4.3" W
January 11, 2007
Good views can be had from Sandy Point State Park. To reach the park,
take exit 32 from Highway 50, the exit at the western end of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and drive north into Sandy Point Park.
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MD 13 |
Hooper
Strait
latitude 38º 47' 16.8" N longitude 76º 13'
8.4" W
At the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.
Photo
courtesy Thom Perry [Flickr]
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MD 14 |
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Bloody Point
Bar
January 11, 2007You can get close enough on shore to at least get a view
and maybe a picture if you have a good lens for your camera; it is only
0.9 miles off shore. Going east on US Route 50 from Annapolis, cross
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and exit at Maryland State Route 8, exit 37,
the first exit after the bridge, and go south onto Kent Point Road.
Continue on Kent Point Road for 7.1 miles until State Route 8 bears off
to the left onto Romancoke Road but you need to bear right on Kent Point
Road. You do need to walk through a private driveway to get
this picture
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MD 15 |
Thomas Point Shoal
latitude 38º 53' 55.3" N longitude 76º 26'
9.9" W
January 11, 2007
The lighthouse is visible from Thomas Point Park. To reach the park,
take exit 22 from Route 50 just east of Annapolis. Go south on Route
665, also know as Aris T Allen Boulevard, which will become Forest
Drive. Continue for about 2.8 miles, then turn right onto Arundel On the
Bay Road. Follow it south to Thomas Point Road. It's about a 1
mile walk from the door into the park (which is "no vehicles w/o permit")
to the point where I took this picture.
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MD 17 |
Cove Point
latitude 38º 23' 11.1" N longitude 76º 22'
54.2" W
July 26, 2006
Built in 1828, it was built to mark a shoal that often
caught ships. It wasn't until 1857 that a Fresnel lens was
installed and in 1926 a modern electric lamp replaced the oil lamp.
It was automated in 1986 and now is owned by the Calvert Marine Museum
(the owners of Drum Point below as well)
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Drum Point
latitude 38º 19' 52.5" N longitude 76º 27' 47.9" W
July 26, 2006
This was a classic light built on top of piles
literally screwed into the bottom. However, it no longer is in place,
but can be seen at the museum in Solomons (that's correct, it's plural) MD.
So now it's attached to the top of wooden piles.
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| MD 19 |
Cedar Point
July 26, 2006
The lighthouse is demolished at this point. The top
of the light house is preserved in the Patuxent River Air Museum
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MD 20 |
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Hooper Island
latitude 38º 15' 23" N longitude 76º 15'
0" W
Located on the
eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay, 3.75 miles west of the town of
Hoopersville on Middle Hooper Island.
Photo courtesy mmperkey [Webshots] |
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MD 21 |
Point No Point
Located on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay, 6.3 miles north of
Point Lookout and the northern side of the entrance to the Potomac
River.
Photo courtesy Robert Scott Henry (from a fishing expedition with
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MD 22 |
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Solomon's Lump
latitude 38º 2' 53.5" N longitude 76º 0'
54" W
Located in the Kedges Straits, which connect Tangier Sound and the
Chesapeake Bay.
Photo courtesy mmperkey [Webshots] |
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MD 23 |
Point Lookout
latitude 38º 2' 19.2" N longitude 76º 19'
20" W
July 26, 2006
Located where the Potomac river flows into the Bay, this
light was originally built in 1830 and rebuilt as a two story structures
in 1883. More details are available if you click
here.
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MD 24 |
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Piney Point
latitude 38º 8' 6.8" N longitude 76º 31'
46.8" W
July 26, 2006
Built in 1836, this light is 14
miles up river from Point Lookout (see above) and is the oldest light on the
Potomac River.
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Ragged
Point
latitude 38º 9' 15.8" N
longitude 76º 36' 5" W
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Located just off the Virginia shore about 2.5 miles
west of Piney Point. Visible from a marina at the end of secondary
route 728 in Coles Point VA. |
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Cobb Point
Bar (Cobb Island Bar)
latitude 38º 14' 32.6" N
longitude 76º 49' 33.6" W
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Located off Cobb Island at the western entrance to the Wicomico
River; visible from many points on the south side of Cobb Island
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Lower
Cedar Point
latitude 38º 20' 24" N
longitude 76º 59' 34.8" W
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Located in the middle of the river between Lower Cedar Point MD
and Dahlgren VA. Visible from Cedar Beach on the Maryland side and
from the Harry Nice Bridge (US 301) over the river. |
| MD 24D |
Mathias
Point Shoal
latitude 38º 24' 17.3" N
longitude 77º 2' 34.8" W
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it appears that protective rip rap barriers have been placed to
the east and west of the light. Located off the Virginia shore at
Matthias Point north of Dahlgren. Visible from the Mt. Bethel
Recreation Center, near the end of secondary route 624 at Matthias
Point VA. |
| MD 24E |
Upper
Cedar Point |
Located off the Maryland shore about 2 miles west of Matthias
Point. Accessible only by boat. |
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Maryland Point
latitude 38º 20' 58.2" N
longitude 77º 11' 51" W
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Located in the middle of the river between Wellington Beach MD
and Fairview Beach VA; visible from Wellington Beach off MD 224. |
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MD 25 |
Fort Washington
latitude 38º 42' 44.1" N longitude 77º 2'
12.8" W
July 25, 2006
Located just down the Potomac from Jones Point.
This light was initially just a post
upon which a light could be hoisted. It's now a radar post for the
defense of the capital. Cross the Woodrow Wilson
Bridge on the South Beltway and exit on Rout 210. Go South to Fort
Washington Road and enter the National Park
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