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| Point Lookout Light Station at entrance to Potomac River in Maryland. NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1994. | |
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Delaware 
FENWICK
ISLAND LIGHTLocation: DELAWARE/MARYLAND BORDER Nearest City: FENWICK ISLAND Owner/Manager: FRIENDS OF THE FENWICK ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Current Use: MUSEUM Open to the Public: MUSEUM OPEN ON SELECTED DATES OR BY APPOINTMENT Access: BETWEEM DELAWARE ROUTES 521 AND 146TH ST. AT DELAWARE/MARYLAND STATE LINE, 200 YARDS WEST OF OCEAN HIGHWAY MISPILLION LIGHT (OLD) Location: MISPILLION RIVER/DELAWARE BAY Nearest City: MILFORD Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER Current Use: Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY Access: NORTHEAST END OF COUNTY RD 203 OFF ROUTE 36
Maryland
CONCORD
POINT (HAVRE DE GRACE) LIGHTLocation: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER/CHESAPEAKE BAY Nearest City: HAVRE DE GRACE Owner/Manager: CITY OF HAVRE DE GRACE/FRIENDS OF CONCORD POINT LIGHTHOUSE, INC. Current Use: HISTORIC SITE Open to the Public: MAY TO OCTOBER (1-5) Access: CONCORD AND LAFAYETTE STREETS Phone: 410-939-9040 DRUM POINT LIGHT Location: MOVED TO MUSEUM FROM PATUXENT RIVER Nearest City: SOLOMONS Owner/Manager: CALVERT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/ CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM Current Use: MUSEUM Open to the Public: OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND EXCEPT THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND NEW YEAR'S Access: ROUTE 2 Phone: 410-326-2042 FORT WASHINGTON LIGHT Location: POTOMAC RIVER Nearest City: FORT WASHINGTON Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY Access: ROUTE 210 TO FORT WASHINGTON ROAD/FORT WASHINGTON PARK Phone: 301-763-4600 HOOPER STRAIT LIGHT Location: RELOCATED FROM TANGIER SOUND Nearest City: ST. MICHAELS Owner/Manager: CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM Current Use: MUSEUM EXHIBIT Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY Access: NAVY POINT/OFF ROUTE 33 Phone: 410-745-2916 PINEY POINT LIGHT Location: POTOMAC RIVER WEST OF PINEY POINT Nearest City: VALLEY LEE Owner/Manager: ST. MARYS COUNTY Current Use: MUSEUM AND PARK Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY; TOWER OPEN BY APPOINTMENT,MUSEUM OPEN 1-6 Access: OFF PINEY POINT ROAD ONTO LIGHTHOUSE ROAD TO END Phone: 301-769-2222 POINT LOOKOUT LIGHT (OLD) Location: ENTRANCE TO POTOMAC RIVER Nearest City: SCOTLAND Owner/Manager: U.S. NAVY Current Use: NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT Access: POINT LOOKOUT STATE PARK/ROUTE 5 SEVEN FOOT KNOLL LIGHT Location: MOVED TO BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR IN 1987 Nearest City: BALTIMORE Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LOAN TO CITY OF BALTIMORE (OPERATED BY LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION) Current Use: MUSEUM Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT Access: PIER 5, INNER HARBOR Phone: 410-396-3453 TURKEY POINT LIGHT Location: ELK RIVER ENTRANCE/CHESAPEAKE BAY Nearest City: NORTH EAST Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/ELK NECK STATE PARK Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY Access: ELK NECK STATE PARK/ROUTE 272 (REQUIRES ONE-MILE HIKE) Phone: 410-287-5333 Non-NPS Link to Cheasapeake Bay Lighthouse Society
New Jersey (south)
ABSECON
LIGHT Location: ORIGINALLY ABSECON BEACH Nearest City: ATLANTIC CITY Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY Current Use: STATE PARK Open to the Public: CLOSED UNTIL FALL 1998 FOR RENOVATIONS Access: RHODE ISLAND & PACIFIC AVENUES Phone: 609-449-1360 BARNEGAT LIGHT Location: NORTH END LONG BEACH ISLAND Nearest City: LONG BEACH Owner/Manager: NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & ENERGY Current Use: STATE PARK Open to the Public: STATE PARK Access: NORTH, LONG BEACH ISLAND BLVD. FROM ROUTE 72 Phone: 609-494-2016 CAPE MAY LIGHT Location: DELAWARE BAY ENTRANCE Nearest City: CAPE MAY Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY LEASE TO MID-ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/HISTORIC SITE IN STATE PARK Open to the Public: OPEN DAILY DURING SPRING, SUMMER & FALL; WEEKENDS DURING WINTER Access: CAPE MAY POINT STATE PARK/ROUTE 109 WEST Phone: 609-884-5404 EAST POINT (MAURICE RIVER) LIGHT Location: MAURICE RIVER/DELAWARE BAY Nearest City: HEISLERVILLE Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY/MAURICE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION Open to the Public: 3RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER Access: ON LIGHTHOUSE ROAD, NEAR END OF EAST POINT ROAD, ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEISLERVILLE Phone: NONE AVAILABLE; EMAIL eastpointlighthousenj@yahoo.com FINNS POINT RANGE REAR LIGHT Location: DELAWARE RIVER Nearest City: PENNSVILLE Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Current Use: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Open to the Public: 3RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, APRIL-OCT. (12-4) Access: SUPAWNA MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE /FORT MOTT & LIGHTHOUSE ROADS Phone: 609-935-1487 HEREFORD INLET LIGHT (OLD) Location: HEREFORD INLET ENTRANCE Nearest City: NORTH WILDWOOD Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY/TOWN OF NORTH WILDWOOD/HEREFORD INLET LIGHTHOUSE COMMISSION Current Use: MUSEUM/PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION Open to the Public: MUSEUM OPEN SUMMERS Access: CENTRAL AVENUE BETWEEN FIRST & CHESTNUT Phone: 609-522-4520 TINICUM ISLAND RANGE REAR LIGHT Location: DELAWARE RIVER Nearest City: PAULSBORO Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO TOWN OF PAULSBORO Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY; TOURS DURING 3RD FULL WEEKEND OF EACH MONTH FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER, SATURDAYS 12-4, SUNDAYS 1-4 Access: EXIT 19 OFF ROUTE 295 Phone: 609-423-2545 OR 609-448-2457
North Carolina
BALD
HEAD "OLD BALDY" LIGHTLocation: BALD HEAD ISLAND/CAPE FEAR RIVER Nearest City: SOUTHPORT Owner/Manager: OLD BALDY FOUNDATION Current Use: HISTORIC SITE Open to the Public: LIGHTHOUSE OPEN DAILY 7 AM TO 8 PM Access: FERRY FROM SOUTHPORT Phone: 910-457-5000 BODIE ISLAND LIGHT Location: 4 MILES NORTH OF OREGON INLET/OUTER BANKS Nearest City: NAGS HEAD Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WITH U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO OPTIC Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/NATIONAL PARK Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY/MUSEUM IN KEEPERS OPEN SUMMERS Access: CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE/ROUTE 12 Phone: 919-473-2111 CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT Location: N. OF CAPE HATTERAS POINT/OUTER BANKS Nearest City: BUXTON Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK/ASSISTANT KEEPERS IS A VISITOR CENTER Open to the Public: VISITOR CENTER OPEN DAILY/TOWER OPEN SPRING, SUMMER, & FALL Access: CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE/ROUTE 12 Phone: 919-995-4474 CAPE LOOKOUT LIGHT Location: CORE BANKS Nearest City: BEAUFORT Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS IS VISITORS CENTER IN NATIONAL PARK Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY, KEEPERS OPEN APRIL TO NOVEMBER (TOWER CLOSED) Access: CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE/FERRY FROM HARKERS ISLAND Phone: 252-728-2250 CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT Location: OUTER BANKS/WHALE HEAD BAY Nearest City: COROLLA Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO OUTER BANKS CONSERVATIONISTS, INC. Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM Open to the Public: OPEN DAILY 10-6 EASTER THROUGH THANKSGIVING, $4 FEE TO CLIMB TOWER (MUST BE OVER 4 YEARS OLD TO CLIMB TOWER) Access: US 158 TO NC 12 NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN SHORES AND DUCK TO COROLLA Phone: 919-453-4939 OCRACOKE ISLAND LIGHT Location: OCRACOKE INLET/OUTER BANKS Nearest City: OCRACOKE Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK/KEEPERS SERVES AS PARK HOUSING Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY Access: RURAL ROAD 1326 Phone: 919-473-2111
Virginia
ASSATEAGUE
LIGHTLocation: SOUTH END ASSATEAQUE ISLAND Nearest City: CHINCOTEAQUE Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY Access: CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE/ROUTE 175 CAPE HENRY LIGHTS Location: SOUTH SIDE CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE Nearest City: VIRGINIA BEACH First Tower Owner/Manager: ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES (APVA) Second Tower Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD Current Use: HISTORIC SITE /ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION Open to the Public: FIRST TOWER OPEN DAILY DURING FEBRUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER/ONLY GROUNDS OPEN AROUND SECOND TOWER Access: 583 ATLANTIC AVENUE, FORT STORY/OFF U.S. 60 Phone: 804-422-9421 (FIRST TOWER), 804-433-9421 (SECOND TOWER) JONES POINT LIGHT Location: POTOMAC RIVER Nearest City: ALEXANDRIA Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Current Use: NATIONAL PARK Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY Access: JONES POINT PARK OFF U.S. 495 NEAR WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE Phone: 703-285-2598 NEW POINT COMFORT LIGHT Location: ENTRANCE TO MOBJACK BAY Nearest City: BAVON Owner/Manager: MATHEWS COUNTY Current Use: HISTORIC SITE Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT Access: END OF ROUTE 14/BOAT (OFFSHORE) Phone: 804-725-4034 OLD POINT COMFORT LIGHT Location: ENTRANCE TO HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR Nearest City: HAMPTON Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER & GROUNDS)/U.S. ARMY (KEEPERS DWELLING) Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION ON ARMY BASE Open to the Public: TOWER MAY BE VIEWED FROM ROAD; AN APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER LIGHTHOUSE Access: FORT MONROE/OFF ROUTE 64 Phone: 804-727-3973 Cheasapeake Bay Lighthouse Society |
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