Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse

The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. It was located atop Seven Foot Knoll in the Chesapeake Bay until it was replaced by a modern navigational aid and relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a museum exhibit.

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Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Seven Foot Knoll Light”, “Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse”, and “Seven-Foot Knoll Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include American Visionary Art Museum and Pier Six Pavilion.

American Visionary Art Museum

Museum

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The American Visionary Art Museum is an art museum located in Baltimore, Maryland's Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway. The museum specializes in the preservation and display of outsider art. American Visionary Art Museum is situated 1,200 feet south of Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse.

Pier Six Pavilion

Event venue

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Pier Six Pavilion is a music venue located in Baltimore, Maryland. The waterfront venue is located on Pier Six of the Inner Harbor and opened in 1981.

United States lightship Chesapeake

Museum

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

United States lightship Chesapeake is a museum ship owned by the National Park Service and on a 25-year loan to Baltimore City, and is operated by Historic Ships in Baltimore Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. United States lightship Chesapeake is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Italy and Inner Harbor.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

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Little Italy is a neighborhood located in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is known for its strong Italian-American heritage and identity.

Inner Harbor

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The Inner Harbor is the heart of Baltimore, and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.

Federal Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Iracaz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, that lies just to the south of the city's central business district. Many of the structures are included in the Federal Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse

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

39.28358° or 39° 17′ 1″ north

Longitude

-76.60535° or 76° 36′ 19″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Height

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

87F579MV+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 178328407

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

4369185

Wikidata ID

Q7457261

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Seven Foot Knoll”
French: “Phare de Seven Foot Knoll”

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