The Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society and the Maryland Lighthouse Organizations will host the 2009 Maryland Lighthouse Challenge – “Celebrating Maryland’s 375th Birthday” on September 19 and 20.
The award-winning driving tour will take participants to some of the most beautiful sites in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary, the Potomac River. Throughout the weekend, enthusiasts are invited to visit Chesapeake Lightship, Concord Point, Cove Point, Drum Point, Fort Washington, Hooper Strait, Piney Point, Point Lookout, Seven-Foot Knoll, and Turkey Point.
Receive the event brochure at the first lighthouse visited, which includes driving instructions to all the lights. Receive a complimentary souvenir at each lighthouse; lighthouses may be visited in any order and it is not necessary to visit all of them to participate. Enthusiasts visiting all ten lights within the allotted twenty hours will receive a special commemorative souvenir to mark their accomplishment!
Don’t miss the custom Lighthouse Challenge socks for $9.95, available exclusively at the Calvert Marine Museum store, as another remembrance of your adventure. Socks may also be purchased by calling the store at (410) 326-2750.
Once again, two bonus lights are being offered – offshore Sandy Point Shoal (to be viewed offshore from Annapolis), and the recently constructed Blackistone Lighthouse Replica on St. Clements Island. This island is where colonists first landed in 1634. What better place to celebrate Maryland’s birthday!
For more information about the 2009 Maryland Lighthouse Challenge, visit www.cheslights.org.