Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses to Visit - Fenwick Island - Ocean City, Maryland - OCOceanCity

<body> <p>Ocean City, Maryland</p> <h2>Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses to Visit - Fenwick Island - Ocean City</h2> <p>Courtesy of the National Park Service - www.nps.gov</p> <p><br> National Park Service<br> Lighthouses to Visit - Mid Atlantic Coast <br> Delaware | Maryland <br> New Jersey (south) <br> North Carolina | Virginia <br> Point Lookout Light Station at entrance to Potomac River in Maryland. NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1994.<br> Back to Lighthouses to Visit<br> Delaware FENWICK ISLAND LIGHT<br> Location: DELAWARE/MARYLAND BORDER <br> Nearest City: FENWICK ISLAND <br> Owner/Manager: FRIENDS OF THE FENWICK ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE <br> Current Use: MUSEUM <br> Open to the Public: MUSEUM OPEN ON SELECTED DATES OR BY APPOINTMENT<br> Access: BETWEEM DELAWARE ROUTES 521 AND 146TH ST. AT DELAWARE/MARYLAND STATE LINE, 200 YARDS WEST OF OCEAN HIGHWAY <br> <br> MISPILLION LIGHT (OLD)<br> Location: MISPILLION RIVER/DELAWARE BAY<br> Nearest City: MILFORD <br> Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER <br> Current Use: <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY <br> Access: NORTHEAST END OF COUNTY RD 203 OFF ROUTE 36 <br> <br> Maryland CONCORD POINT (HAVRE DE GRACE) LIGHT<br> Location: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER/CHESAPEAKE BAY<br> Nearest City: HAVRE DE GRACE <br> Owner/Manager: CITY OF HAVRE DE GRACE/FRIENDS OF CONCORD POINT LIGHTHOUSE, INC.<br> Current Use: HISTORIC SITE<br> Open to the Public: MAY TO OCTOBER (1-5) <br> Access: CONCORD AND LAFAYETTE STREETS <br> Phone: 410-939-9040 <br> <br> DRUM POINT LIGHT<br> Location: MOVED TO MUSEUM FROM PATUXENT RIVER<br> Nearest City: SOLOMONS <br> Owner/Manager: CALVERT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/ CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM <br> Current Use: MUSEUM <br> Open to the Public: OPEN DAILY YEAR ROUND EXCEPT THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND NEW YEAR'S<br> Access: ROUTE 2 <br> Phone: 410-326-2042 <br> <br> FORT WASHINGTON LIGHT <br> Location: POTOMAC RIVER<br> Nearest City: FORT WASHINGTON <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY <br> Access: ROUTE 210 TO FORT WASHINGTON ROAD/FORT WASHINGTON PARK<br> Phone: 301-763-4600 <br> <br> HOOPER STRAIT LIGHT<br> Location: RELOCATED FROM TANGIER SOUND <br> Nearest City: ST. MICHAELS <br> Owner/Manager: CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM <br> Current Use: MUSEUM EXHIBIT<br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY <br> Access: NAVY POINT/OFF ROUTE 33 <br> Phone: 410-745-2916 <br> <br> PINEY POINT LIGHT<br> Location: POTOMAC RIVER WEST OF PINEY POINT <br> Nearest City: VALLEY LEE <br> Owner/Manager: ST. MARYS COUNTY <br> Current Use: MUSEUM AND PARK <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY; TOWER OPEN BY APPOINTMENT,MUSEUM OPEN 1-6<br> Access: OFF PINEY POINT ROAD ONTO LIGHTHOUSE ROAD TO END<br> Phone: 301-769-2222 <br> <br> POINT LOOKOUT LIGHT (OLD)<br> Location: ENTRANCE TO POTOMAC RIVER<br> Nearest City: SCOTLAND <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. NAVY <br> Current Use: NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER <br> Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT <br> Access: POINT LOOKOUT STATE PARK/ROUTE 5 <br> <br> SEVEN FOOT KNOLL LIGHT<br> Location: MOVED TO BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR IN 1987<br> Nearest City: BALTIMORE <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LOAN TO CITY OF BALTIMORE (OPERATED BY LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION) <br> Current Use: MUSEUM <br> Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT <br> Access: PIER 5, INNER HARBOR <br> Phone: 410-396-3453 <br> <br> TURKEY POINT LIGHT<br> Location: ELK RIVER ENTRANCE/CHESAPEAKE BAY<br> Nearest City: NORTH EAST <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/ELK NECK STATE PARK <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY <br> Access: ELK NECK STATE PARK/ROUTE 272 (REQUIRES ONE-MILE HIKE)<br> Phone: 410-287-5333 <br> <br> Non-NPS Link to Cheasapeake Bay Lighthouse Society <br> <br> New Jersey (south) ABSECON LIGHT <br> Location: ORIGINALLY ABSECON BEACH<br> Nearest City: ATLANTIC CITY <br> Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY <br> Current Use: STATE PARK <br> Open to the Public: CLOSED UNTIL FALL 1998 FOR RENOVATIONS<br> Access: RHODE ISLAND & PACIFIC AVENUES <br> Phone: 609-449-1360 <br> <br> BARNEGAT LIGHT <br> Location: NORTH END LONG BEACH ISLAND<br> Nearest City: LONG BEACH <br> Owner/Manager: NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION & ENERGY<br> Current Use: STATE PARK <br> Open to the Public: STATE PARK <br> Access: NORTH, LONG BEACH ISLAND BLVD. FROM ROUTE 72 <br> Phone: 609-494-2016 <br> <br> CAPE MAY POINT LIGHT<br> Location: DELAWARE BAY ENTRANCE <br> Nearest City: CAPE MAY <br> Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY LEASE TO MID-ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS<br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/HISTORIC SITE IN STATE PARK<br> Open to the Public: OPEN DAILY DURING SPRING, SUMMER & FALL; WEEKENDS DURING WINTER<br> Access: CAPE MAY POINT STATE PARK/ROUTE 109 WEST <br> Phone: 609-884-5404 <br> <br> EAST POINT (MAURICE RIVER) LIGHT<br> Location: MAURICE RIVER/DELAWARE BAY <br> Nearest City: HEISLERVILLE <br> Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY/MAURICE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION <br> Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT OR AT ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE, FIRST SATURDAY IN AUGUST <br> Access: ON LIGHTHOUSE ROAD, NEAR END OF EAST POINT ROAD, ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEISLERVILLE<br> Phone: 609-327-3714 <br> <br> FINNS POINT RANGE REAR LIGHT<br> Location: DELAWARE RIVER<br> Nearest City: PENNSVILLE<br> Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br> Current Use: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE <br> Open to the Public: 3RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, APRIL-OCT. (12-4)<br> Access: SUPAWNA MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE /FORT MOTT & LIGHTHOUSE ROADS <br> Phone: 609-935-1487 <br> <br> HEREFORD INLET LIGHT (OLD)<br> Location: HEREFORD INLET ENTRANCE <br> Nearest City: NORTH WILDWOOD <br> Owner/Manager: STATE OF NEW JERSEY/TOWN OF NORTH WILDWOOD/HEREFORD INLET LIGHTHOUSE COMMISSION <br> Current Use: MUSEUM/PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION <br> Open to the Public: MUSEUM OPEN SUMMERS <br> Access: CENTRAL AVENUE BETWEEN FIRST & CHESTNUT <br> Phone: 609-522-4520 <br> <br> TINICUM ISLAND RANGE REAR LIGHT<br> Location: DELAWARE RIVER<br> Nearest City: PAULSBORO<br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO TOWN OF PAULSBORO<br> 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<br> Access: EXIT 19 OFF ROUTE 295<br> Phone: 609-423-2545 OR 609-448-2457 <br> <br> North Carolina BALD HEAD "OLD BALDY" LIGHT<br> Location: BALD HEAD ISLAND/CAPE FEAR RIVER<br> Nearest City: SOUTHPORT <br> Owner/Manager: OLD BALDY FOUNDATION <br> Current Use: HISTORIC SITE<br> Open to the Public: LIGHTHOUSE OPEN DAILY 7 AM TO 8 PM<br> Access: FERRY FROM SOUTHPORT <br> Phone: 910-457-5000 <br> <br> BODIE ISLAND LIGHT <br> Location: 4 MILES NORTH OF OREGON INLET/OUTER BANKS<br> Nearest City: NAGS HEAD <br> Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WITH U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO OPTIC<br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/NATIONAL PARK <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY/MUSEUM IN KEEPERS OPEN SUMMERS <br> Access: CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE/ROUTE 12 <br> Phone: 919-473-2111 <br> <br> CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT<br> Location: N. OF CAPE HATTERAS POINT/OUTER BANKS <br> Nearest City: BUXTON <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK/ASSISTANT KEEPERS IS A VISITOR CENTER<br> Open to the Public: VISITOR CENTER OPEN DAILY/TOWER OPEN SPRING, SUMMER, & FALL<br> Access: CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE/ROUTE 12 <br> Phone: 919-995-4474 <br> <br> CAPE LOOKOUT LIGHT <br> Location: CORE BANKS<br> Nearest City: BEAUFORT <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE<br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS IS VISITORS CENTER IN NATIONAL PARK <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY, KEEPERS OPEN APRIL TO NOVEMBER (TOWER CLOSED)<br> Access: CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE/FERRY FROM HARKERS ISLAND<br> Phone: 252-728-2250 <br> <br> CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT <br> Location: OUTER BANKS/WHALE HEAD BAY<br> Nearest City: COROLLA <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO OUTER BANKS CONSERVATIONISTS, INC. <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM <br> 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)<br> Access: US 158 TO NC 12 NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN SHORES AND DUCK TO COROLLA<br> Phone: 919-453-4939 <br> <br> OCRACOKE ISLAND LIGHT <br> Location: OCRACOKE INLET/OUTER BANKS<br> Nearest City: OCRACOKE <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL PARK/KEEPERS SERVES AS PARK HOUSING <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY <br> Access: RURAL ROAD 1326 <br> Phone: 919-473-2111 <br> <br> Virginia ASSATEAGUE LIGHT<br> Location: SOUTH END ASSATEAQUE ISLAND <br> Nearest City: CHINCOTEAQUE <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD <br> Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE<br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS OPEN DAILY <br> Access: CHINCOTEAGUE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE/ROUTE 175 <br> <br> CAPE HENRY LIGHTS<br> Location: SOUTH SIDE CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE <br> Nearest City: VIRGINIA BEACH <br> First Tower Owner/Manager: ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES (APVA) <br> Second Tower Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD<br> Current Use: HISTORIC SITE /ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION<br> Open to the Public: FIRST TOWER OPEN DAILY DURING FEBRUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER/ONLY GROUNDS OPEN AROUND SECOND TOWER<br> Access: 583 ATLANTIC AVENUE, FORT STORY/OFF U.S. 60 <br> Phone: 804-422-9421 (FIRST TOWER), 804-433-9421 (SECOND TOWER) <br> <br> JONES POINT LIGHT <br> Location: POTOMAC RIVER<br> Nearest City: ALEXANDRIA <br> Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br> Current Use: NATIONAL PARK <br> Open to the Public: GROUNDS ONLY <br> Access: JONES POINT PARK OFF U.S. 495 NEAR WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE<br> Phone: 703-285-2598 <br> <br> NEW POINT COMFORT LIGHT<br> Location: ENTRANCE TO MOBJACK BAY<br> Nearest City: BAVON<br> Owner/Manager: MATHEWS COUNTY<br> Current Use: HISTORIC SITE<br> Open to the Public: BY APPOINTMENT<br> Access: END OF ROUTE 14/BOAT (OFFSHORE)<br> Phone: 804-725-4034 <br> <br> OLD POINT COMFORT LIGHT<br> Location: ENTRANCE TO HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR <br> Nearest City: HAMPTON <br> Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER & GROUNDS)/U.S. ARMY (KEEPERS DWELLING) <br> Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION ON ARMY BASE <br> Open to the Public: TOWER MAY BE VIEWED FROM ROAD; AN APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER LIGHTHOUSE<br> Access: FORT MONROE/OFF ROUTE 64 <br> Phone: 804-727-3973 <br> <br> Non-NPS Link to Cheasapeake Bay Lighthouse Society<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Last Modified: Mon, July 28 2003 11:07:00 am EDT<br> JMP <br> <br> <br> Privacy & Disclaimer <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </p> </body>