The Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park

The Piney Point Lighthouse Museum is a white two-story structure on the north campus of the park and houses museum exhibits, the Lighthouse Lens Museum Store and offers restrooms and visitor information. Guests are encouraged to begin their visitor experience at the museum where you can sign in, pay admission, and obtain a tour guide who will then provide escort to the Potomac River Maritime Exhibit and the lighthouse and keeper's quarters on the south campus.  Those who desire to climb to the top of the lighthouse must be accompanied by a staff person or volunteer. Museum exhibits focus on the construction and operation of the  lighthouse, the role of the United States Coast Guard, the attraction of the Piney Point area as a get away for the social elite, and the story of the Black Panther U-1105 German submarine sunk in the Potomac that now serves as Maryland's first historic shipwreck dive preserve.

HOURS OF OPERATION March 25 to September 20 Open daily: 10 am to 5 pm  October through December Friday to Monday: 12 noon to 4 pm Call for extended holiday schedule in December Museum Closed:  Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day Admission: $3 adults, $2 military and senior citizens, $1.50 students 6 to 18 and children 5 and under are free. Large group/student/bus tours welcome! Please make advance arrangements with the site supervisor April Havens. Pier and docking facilities Kayak launch available during staffed hours. Museum, maritime exhibit, board walk, pier are handicap accessible. Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park 44720 Lighthouse Road Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Map   301-994-1471   301-994-1918 FAX

Lighthouse Lens Museum Store

The museum store offers an array of Piney Point Lighthouse souvenirs, nautical gifts, books, jewelry, clothing, children's corner and more! The store is operated by the Friends of the St. Clement's Island and Piney Point Museums with proceeds returning to support museum programs, projects and exhibits. The Lighthouse Lens is your destination for unique quality gifts. And for the "one who has everything," consider a gift membership to The Friends! Museum members receive a 10% discount on store purchases.

The Potomac River Maritime Exhibit
  
Also located on the northern campus is the building that houses the collection of four historic wooden vessels on loan from the Paul Hall School of Maritime Training and Education. The collection is comprised of a 67-foot skipjack (Joy Parks), an 84-foot bugeye (Dorothy A. Parsons), a log canoe, and Potomac River dory boat. The exhibit focuses on the life of the watermen who sustained a livelihood working the waters of the Potomac for crabs, fish and oysters.

Piney Point Lighthouse Grounds and Pier

Come by boat! The Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park is also accessible by boat. The pier connects to the boardwalk that surrounds the lighthouse grounds. The scenic riverside venue of the lighthouse offers guests not only an aesthetic panorama and serene escape but comfortable benches and picnic tables to accommodate an extended visit.

 Piney Point Lighthouse
“The Lighthouse of Presidents”
  

Directions:
 
From Baltimore/Washington, D.C.:
 
Take 495/95 to exit 7a (Route 5 south to Waldorf).  Follow Route 5 south through Leonardtown to Callaway.  Turn right on Route 249.  Drive 9 miles to Piney Point making a right onto Lighthouse Road to the end.

From Virginia: 

Take State Route 301 to 234 east to Leonardtown. Turn right on Route 5 South through Leonardtown to Callaway.  Turn right on Route 249.  Drive 9 miles to Piney Point making a right onto Lighthouse Road to the end.

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HOURS OF OPERATION   April through September 10 am to 5 pm daily   October through December Friday to Monday - 12 noon to 4 pm Call for extended holiday schedule in December   Museum closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day   Admission:  $3 adults, $2 military and senior citizens, $1.50 students 6 to 18 and children 5 and under are free Large group/student/bus tours welcome! Please make advance arrangements with the site supervisor April Havens. Picnic area and pavilion available Pier and docking facilities Kayak launch available during staffed hours Museum, maritime exhibit, board walk, pier are handicap accessible   Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum & Historic Park 44720 Lighthouse Road Piney Point, Maryland 20674 Map (Link to MapQuest) 301-994-1471 301-994-1918 (fax)