Fort Armistead was a United States Army coastal defense fort, active from 1901 to 1920, that defended Baltimore, Maryland. Fort Armistead is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort Carroll Light.

The Hawkins Point Light was an unusual screw-pile lighthouse which displayed the front light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron tower on the same foundation. Hawkins Point Light is situated 1 mile southwest of Fort Carroll Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawkins Point and Sparrows Point.

Hawkins Point

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Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hawkins Point is a neighborhood in the South District of Baltimore, located at the southern tip of the city between Curtis Bay and the Anne Arundel County line and Thoms Cove. Hawkins Point is situated 2 miles west of Fort Carroll Light.

Sparrows Point

Suburb

Sparrows Point is an industrial area in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Edgemere. Named after Thomas Sparrow, landowner, it was the site of a very large industrial complex owned by Bethlehem Steel, known for steelmaking and shipbuilding. Sparrows Point is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Carroll Light.

Orchard Beach

Hamlet

Orchard Beach is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The community lies outside the Baltimore Beltway, approximately four miles from its nearest interchange. Orchard Beach is situated 3 miles south of Fort Carroll Light.

Fort Carroll Light

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Baltimore County, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.21456° or 39° 12′ 52″ north

Longitude

-76.51986° or 76° 31′ 12″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87F56F7J+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 574957598

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

4355309

Wikidata ID

Q5470894

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In Other Languages

From French to Korean—“Fort Carroll Light” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Fort Carroll”
French: “Phare de Fort Carroll”
Korean: “Fort Carroll Light”

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