After extensive renovations and exhibit installations, the historic Point Lookout Lighthouse at the southern tip of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary’s County is ready to welcome the public! Visitors will be able to tour the lighthouse five days per week–from Thursday through Monday–beginning on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The Park Service plans to use this schedule until September and lighthouse hours will be dependent on seasonal staffing availability. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began the renovation of the lighthouse in 2017 after previously acquiring it from the U.S. Navy in a land swap deal in 2006. The property required extensive renovations that included stabilizing the structure, repairing leaks, replacing dry wall and timbers, rebuilding stairways, and re-finishing the former living quarters. After that, crews installed new exhibits and artifacts to transport visitors to the early 20th century when lightkeepers still manned the light to guide ships away from the shallow waters that extend off the coast of Point Lookout, where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay. The extensive renovation efforts and exhibits cost an estimated $5 million. DNR also renovated the coal and buoy sheds next to the lighthouse. When the lighthouse was in operation, […]
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