Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse
Sandy Point Shoal Light is a brick three story lighthouse on a caisson foundation that was erected in 1883. It lies about 0.6 mi off Sandy Point, north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, from whose westbound span it is readily visible.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Sandy Point Shoal Light”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skidmore and Cape St. Claire.
Skidmore
Neighborhood
Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The community is the western terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well as the location of Sandy Point State Park. Sandy Point Shoal Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Skidmore is situated 1½ miles west of Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse.
Cape St. Claire
Village
Cape St. Claire, a suburb of Annapolis, is a covenanted, unincorporated community as well as a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Cape St. Claire is situated 3½ miles northwest of Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse.
Matapeake
Hamlet
Matapeake is an unincorporated community located south of Stevensville on Kent Island, Maryland, United States. It is named for the historic Matapeake tribe, who lived there at the time of English colonization in 1631. Matapeake is situated 4 miles southeast of Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse.
Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.0159° or 39° 0′ 57″ northLongitude
-76.38459° or 76° 23′ 5″ westHeight
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87F52J88+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 457582833OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4368830Wikidata ID
Q7417418
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In Other Languages
“Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Sandy Point Shoal”
- French: “Phare de Sandy Point Shoal”
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