Location | off Maryland Point in the Potomac River, East of Fairview Beach, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°20′58″N 77°11′51″W / 38.3495°N 77.1975°W |
Tower | |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Automated | 1954 |
Shape | hexagonal house |
Light | |
First lit | 1892 |
Deactivated | 1963 |
Focal height | 13 m (43 ft) |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | FI W 6s, R sector |
The Maryland Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River.