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 staffed 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, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses. Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) navigational charts. NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Baltimore Harbor Light Chesapeake Bay 1908 1923 Active Unknown 052 Blakistone Island Light Coltons Point(St. Clement's) 1851 1932 1956(Destroyed, rebuilt asa replica) Decorative Unknown Bloody Point Bar Light Kent Island 1882 1961 Active Acrylic 054 Bodkin Island Light Patapsco River(Mouth) 1822 Never 1856(Destroyed in 1914) None Unknown Cedar Point Light Patuxent River(Mouth) 1896 Never 1928(Dismantled in 1996) None Unknown Choptank River Light Tred Avon River(Mouth) 1871 (First) 1921 (Last) 2012 (Replica) Never 1964(Dismantled) Fifth-order Fresnel(Inside replica) Unknown Clay Island Light Nanticoke River(Mouth) 1832 Never 1892(Destroyed in 1894) None 036 Cobb Point Bar Light Cobb Island 1889 Never 1940(Demolished after fire) None Unknown Concord Point Light Havre de Grace 1827 1920 Active(Inactive: 1975-1983) Fifth-order Fresnel 036 Cove Point Light Solomons 1828 1986 Active Unknown 038 Craighill Channel Lower RangeFront Light Edgemere 1875 1964 Active Unknown 025 Craighill Channel Lower RangeRear Light Edgemere 1875 1923 Active Unknown 105 Craighill Channel Upper RangeFront Light Edgemere 1886 1914 Active Unknown 015 Craighill Channel Upper RangeRear Light Edgemere(Sparrows Point) 1886 1933 Active Unknown 064 Drum Point Light Solomons(Originally at Drum Point) (approximate original) (current) 1883 1960(Semi) 1962(Now a museum) None 025 Fishing Battery Light Havre de Grace 1853 1917 1921(Replaced withskeleton tower) None Unknown Fog Point Light Smith Island 1827 Never 1875(Later destroyed) None Unknown Fort Carroll Light Baltimore 1854 (Former) 1900 (Current) 1923 1964(Vandalized) None 045 Fort Washington Light Fort Washington 1857 (Former) 1901 (Current) Unknown Active Unknown Unknown Great Shoals Light Wicomico River(Mouth) 1882 Never 1966 None 037 Greenbury Point Light(First) Annapolis 1848 Never 1891(Eventually collapsed) None 039 Greenbury Point Shoal Light(Second) Annapolis 1892 Never 1934(Replaced withskeleton tower) None Unknown Hawkins Point Light Baltimore 1868 Never 1924(Replaced withskeleton tower) None 028 Holland Island Bar Light Holland Island 1889 Never 1960(Demolished) None 042 Hooper Island Light Hooper's Island 1902 1961 Active Unknown 063 Hooper Strait Light Saint Michaels(Originally Hooper's Island) (Original)(Current) 1867 (Former) 1879 (Current) 1954 1966(Now a museum) None Unknown Janes Island Light Crisfield 1867 (Former) 1879 (Current) Never 1935(Destroyed by ice) None 038 Lazaretto Point Light Baltimore 1831 Never 1926(Demolished, rebuilt asa replica) None Unknown Leading Point Light Baltimore 1868 Never 1924(Later demolished) None Unknown Love Point Light Kent Island 1872 1953 1964(Demolished) None Unknown Lower Cedar Point Light Potomac River 1867 (First) 1896 (Last) Never 1951(Replaced withskeleton tower) None Unknown Maryland Point Light Potomac River 1892 1954 1963(Dismantled) None Unknown Mathias Point Light Potomac River 1876 1951 1961(Dismantled) None Unknown North Point Range Lights Baltimore (Front Light) (Rear Light) 1822 Never 1873(Collapsed, replaced byCraighill Channel rangelights) None 034 (Front) (Rear) Piney Point Light Piney Point 1836 Never 1964 None 034 Point Lookout Light Point Lookout 1830 Never 1965 None 041 Point No Point Light Chesapeake Bay 1905 1938 Active 375mm 052 Pooles Island Light Aberdeen 1825 1917 Active(Inactive: 1939-2011) Unknown 038 Ragged Point Light Potomac River 1910 Never 1962(Dismantled) None Unknown Sandy Point Shoal Light Skidmore 1858 (Former) 1883 (Current) 1963 Active Unknown 051 Seven Foot Knoll Light Baltimore(Originally in thePatapsco River) (Original)(Current) 1855 1948 1988(Now an onshoremuseum) Decorative 040 Sharkfin Shoal Light Nanticoke River(Mouth) 1892 Never 1964(Dismantled) None Unknown Sharps Island Light Saint Michaels 1838 (First) 1882 (Current) 1951 2010 250mm 054 Solomons Lump Light Princess Anne 1875 (Former) 1895 (Current) 1950 Active Unknown 047 Somers Cove Light Crisfield 1867 Never 1932(Dismantled) None Unknown Thomas Point Shoal Light Annapolis 1825 (Former) 1875 (Current) 1986 Active 250mm 043 Turkey Point Light Elkton 1833 1947 Active(Inactive: 2000-2002) Unknown Unknown Upper Cedar Point Light Potomac River 1867 1963 1963(Dismantled) None Unknown
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