Location | Off Fort Howard (North Point) on the north shore of the Patapsco River |
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Coordinates | 39°11′50″N 76°26′54″W / 39.1971°N 76.4482°W (west light) 39°11′38″N 76°26′31″W / 39.1940°N 76.4419°W (east light) |
Tower | |
Foundation | stone |
Construction | stone |
Height | 34 feet (10 m) (front) 40 feet (12 m) (rear) |
Shape | conical towers |
Light | |
First lit | 1822 |
Deactivated | 1873 |
Lens | sixth-order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Fixed white |
The North Point Range Lights were some of the earliest lights in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Intended to guide ships headed for Baltimore harbor into the Patapsco River, they were superseded by channel construction in the 1870s and 1980s, and were replaced by the Craighill Channel Upper Range front and rear lights.