WayfarrowClay Island Light
Lighthouse · Dorchester County, Maryland
Clay Island Light is a lighthouse in Dorchester County, Maryland. Maryland has 50 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 5 of them in Dorchester County.
Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The record's 1892 is wrong: the house-style lighthouse was built in 1832, shut down on August 1, 1892 when Sharkfin Shoal Light replaced it, and collapsed in 1894. No remains survive. It stands at 38.2340° N, 75.9700° W.
Nearby places
- Sharkfin Shoal Lightlighthouse · Dorchester County · 2.4 mi
- Great Shoals Lightlighthouse · Somerset County · 5.1 mi
- Hooper Strait Lightlighthouse · Dorchester County · 5.8 mi
- Bethelghost town · Somerset County · 6.8 mi
- Victorghost town · Somerset County · 6.8 mi
- Applegarthghost town · Dorchester County · 9.3 mi
- Somersett Townghost town · Somerset County · 12.3 mi
- Edwinghost town · Somerset County · 13.1 mi
- Solomons Lump Lightlighthouse · Somerset County · 13.1 mi
- Holland Island Bar Lightlighthouse · Dorchester County · 13.3 mi
- Fords Wharfghost town · Somerset County · 13.7 mi
- Fog Point Lightlighthouse · Somerset County · 14.6 mi
Questions
Where is Clay Island Light?
Clay Island Light is in Dorchester County, Maryland, at 38.2340, -75.9700.
How many lighthouses are in Dorchester County?
Dorchester County, Maryland has 5 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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