The Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society maintains a web site offering history, information and locations of over 30 lighthouses and lightships in the Chesapeake Bay region. The society also offers an annual challenge on a September weekend to visit a dozen of these local attractions in just two days. The chapter meets monthly from March through September with visits to lighthouses on land and sea. The society often offers opportunities to access to lighthouses not normally open to the general public. Individual and family memberships are offered by the society, and volunteer opportunities are available to help preserve our Chesapeake heritage.

The Chesapeake Chapter of the US Lighthouse Society will present the 5th Annual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge on September 15th and 16th. The challenge is to visit nine lighthouses and one lightship in two days. From the society’s web site:

Explore Maryland’s historic lighthouses during this two-day lighthouse adventure! From Point Lookout - Maryland’s haunted lighthouse, to Piney Point - the “Lighthouse of Presidents”. From Turkey Point - home to the last civilian lighthouse keeper, to Fort Washington Light - an unassuming bell tower convert strategically located at the entrance to our nation’s capital… and all the others in between! Each of the Challenge lights has a personality of its own and a story to tell. Enjoy them all, and some of the most beautiful Bay scenery the state has to offer during the 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge!

The lighthouses included in the challenge tour are Turkey Point, Concord Point, the Lightship Chesapeake, Seven Foot Knoll, Hooper Strait, Drum Point, Cove Point, Point Lookout, Piney Point and Fort Washington.