Drum Point Lighthouse
Drum Point Lighthouse is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Kentucky Hill stands 50 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Calvert Marine Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- 1883-1962 This lighthouse, installed in 1883, originally stood 125 yards offshore at the entrance of the Patuxent River to the Chesapeake Bay. The foundations on which the cottage living quarters rest consist of seven wrought iron screw piles, hand bored
How to reach it
- On the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 10 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Myrtle Point Park: 1.8 mi
- Town Creek Park: 2.5 mi
- Dunleigh Neighborhood Park: 3.0 mi
- Hollywood Soccer Complex: 4.1 mi
- Cove Point Park: 4.4 mi
- "On Watch": 0.7 mi
- Seated Woman: 1.1 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 1.1 mi
- Resting: 1.1 mi
- Standing Nude: 1.1 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 0.1 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 0.5 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 5.2 mi
- Cove Point Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 2.5 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 3.0 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 5.5 mi
- Long Beach: 9.3 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 9.6 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 0.8 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 4.3 mi
- Sotterley: 5.0 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 9.2 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 0.5 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 0.5 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 0.5 mi
- M.M. Davis Shipyard: 0.7 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 1.1 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 4.0 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Yellows Banks: 9.3 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 7.2 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 14.8 mi
- Mount Airy: 20.8 mi
- Clifton Hill: 21.4 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 21.6 mi
- Malone's Church: 17.4 mi
- Eagle Nest: 21.8 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 23.5 mi
- Stanley Institute: 24.6 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drum Point Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 239° | 50 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 237° | 47 m | 20.8 mi |
| Clifton Hill | WSW 236° | 46 m | 21.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 218° | 46 m | 22.6 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | SW 235° | 45 m | 21.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 223° | 42 m | 22.2 mi |
| Fort Hill | N 354° | 35 m | 7.2 mi |
| Shingle Hill | SSW 198° | 31 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:08 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Solomons, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12945679410
Day trips start here
- Solomons · 0 mi
- Lexington Park · 5 mi
- Leonardtown · 10 mi
- St. Mary's City · 10 mi
- Hooper's Island · 14 mi
- Prince Frederick · 16 mi
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