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Cove Point Light

Cove Point, MD · Active aid to navigation

Open to visit

Access source: USCG Historian's Office fact sheet · Checked 2026-11-12 · Source

Owner / operator: Calvert County (Calvert Marine Museum)

The light

LocationCove Point, MD (Calvert County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number7630
Height of light above water51 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite tower.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 4/11/1973 · Reference #73000907
Position38.38626, -76.38175 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLighted throughout 24 hours.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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