Cove Point Light

Cove Point Light
1991
Map
Locationon Cove Point just south of Calvert Cliffs State Park
Coordinates38°23′10.5″N 76°22′54.3″W / 38.386250°N 76.381750°W / 38.386250; -76.381750
Tower
Constructed1828
Constructionbrick
Automated1986
Height16 m (52 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapeconical tower
Markingswhite Edit this on Wikidata
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1828 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height45 feet (14 m)
Lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Range12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
CharacteristicFlashing white, 10 sec.
Cove Point Lighthouse
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.73000907[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

The Cove Point Light is a lighthouse located on the west side of Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original on June 1, 2007.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  3. ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 72.
  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.