Bodkin Island Light

Bodkin Island Light
Bodkin Island Light after abandonment
Map
LocationOff Bodkin Point at the mouth of the Patapsco River
Coordinates39°08′02″N 76°25′37″W / 39.134°N 76.427°W / 39.134; -76.427
Tower
Constructed1821
Constructionstone masonry
Height35 feet (11 m)
Shapeconical tower
Light
First lit1822
Deactivated1856 then later destroyed by erosion

The Bodkin Island Light (or Bodkin Point Light) was a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, United States, the first erected in Maryland.