Ragged Point Light
The Ragged Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River. It was the last lighthouse built in Maryland waters and the last built at a location in the Chesapeake Bay.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Ragged Point Lighthouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ragged Point Beach and Coles Point.
Ragged Point Beach
Hamlet
Ragged Point Beach is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.
Coles Point
Hamlet
Coles Point is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Coles Point is part of the Northern Neck of Virginia and lies on a peninsula which juts out into the Potomac River on its eastern side and as part of the Westmoreland County waterfront, it follows the Potomac River northward. Coles Point is situated 2 miles west of Ragged Point Light.
Tidwells
Hamlet
Tidwells is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Tidwells is located in the Northern Neck region of Virginia, a peninsula bordered by the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. Tidwells is situated 3½ miles southwest of Ragged Point Light.
Ragged Point Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Westmoreland County, Eastern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.15448° or 38° 9′ 16″ northLongitude
-76.60124° or 76° 36′ 5″ westOpen location code
87C5593X+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9841380348OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q7282904
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In Other Languages
“Ragged Point Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Ragged Point”
- French: “Phare de Ragged Point”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blackbeard Pond and Ragged Point Beach.
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