Point No Point Lighthouse
Maryland
Point No Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maryland, first lit in 1905. Its official name is Point No Point Light. The tower stands 39 feet tall. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The nearest other lighthouse is Point Lookout Lighthouse, 6.4 mi away.
Point No Point Lighthouse at a glance
First lit
1905
Tower height
39 ft
Light 52 ft above water
Official name
Point No Point Light
Heritage status
National Register of Historic Places
About Point No Point Lighthouse
Point No Point Light, located in the Chesapeake Bay off the eponymous point several miles north of the mouth of the Potomac River, was constructed as part of a program to add lighted navigational aids in a thirty-mile stretch of the bay between Cove and Smith Points.
Point No Point Lighthouse sits at 38.1280, -76.2900 in Maryland. The closest other lighthouses are Point Lookout Lighthouse (6.4 mi), Hooper Island Lighthouse (9.1 mi) and Holland Island Bar Lighthouse (11 mi). Maryland has 48 lighthouses in all.
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Lighthouses near Point No Point Lighthouse
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Point Lookout Lighthouse
6.4 mi away
Hooper Island Lighthouse
9.1 mi away
Holland Island Bar Lighthouse
11 mi away
Cedar Point Lighthouse
13 mi away
Piney Point Lighthouse
13 mi away
Hooper Strait Lighthouse
13 mi away
Also close to Point No Point Lighthouse: Fog Point Lighthouse 15 mi · Solomons Lump Lighthouse 16 mi · Drum Point Lighthouse 17 mi · Ragged Point Lighthouse 17 mi · Sharkfin Shoal Lighthouse 17 mi · Smith Point Lighthouse 18 mi · Cove Point Lighthouse 19 mi · Clay Island Lighthouse 19 mi
Questions about Point No Point Lighthouse
Where is Point No Point Lighthouse?
Point No Point Lighthouse is in Maryland, at 38.1280, -76.2900. The nearest other lighthouse is Point Lookout Lighthouse, 6.4 mi away.
When was Point No Point Lighthouse built?
Point No Point Lighthouse was first lit in 1905.
How tall is Point No Point Lighthouse?
The tower is 39 feet (12 m) tall, and its light sits 52 feet above the water.
What lighthouses are near Point No Point Lighthouse?
The closest are Point Lookout Lighthouse (6.4 mi), Hooper Island Lighthouse (9.1 mi) and Holland Island Bar Lighthouse (11 mi).
Sources: history and visiting details from the Wikipedia article on Point No Point Light (CC BY-SA 4.0); facts and location from Wikidata. Photo credits are listed under each photo and on the photo credits page.