Upper Cedar Point

Year Established:
1867
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1952
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
Mouth of Tobacco River
Latitude:
38° 24.07'
Longitude:
77° 05.00'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Upper Cedar Point
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1963
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1867
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
34 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
34 feet
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
5th order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1867
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018