Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse

Explore Baltimore - Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse | Watermark Journey For most of its history, Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse was manned by keepers of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, and later the U.S. Coast Guard. As an isolated station, life in the lighthouse was not easy for keepers out at sea. Between various vacancies, resignations, and appointments of keepers, assistants, and at times, even families, the lighthouse remained operated until 1948. Plan Your Visit Activities & Artifacts The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse and USCG Cutter 37 are located on Pier 5, east of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse contains an extensive exhibit of artifacts and information on lighthouses around the Chesapeake region. Built in 1856, it is one of the oldest Chesapeake lighthouses still in existence. While visiting the lighthouse, be sure to enjoy the terrific view of Baltimore Harbor. A new artifact, the ship’s bell from SS Danville is now on display. Also new is an artifact exhibit on navigational instruments. Our artifact collections consist of approximately 50,000 objects, photographs and documents across all of our exhibits. These artifacts tell the stories not only of the ships and lighthouse, but of the thousands of brave sailor for whom these historic sites were a duty post, a home, and a way of life. New items, often donated by former crew members and their descendants, are rotated into exhibits so there are opportunities to see something new in future visits. If you are interested in donating an an object, photograph, or document related to one of the sites that the Historic Ships operates, we would love to hear from you.

This unique round, red structure in Baltimore Harbor is the historic FIVE-STAR Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse. Built in 1856 and once guiding ships at the mouth of the Patapsco River, it was decommissioned in 1988, relocated to the harbor, and is now part of the Historic Ships Baltimore Collection, Check online open dates and hours.

$1 cash to visit the lighthouse. We paid the woman that was inside the lighthouse at the counter and then walked around inside. Great views inside of the lighthouse looking outside at the harbor, federal hill park, etc. Stairs to go up to the lighthouse is very sturdy and I felt safe. They have information in the light house about its history, what they used in it, tools, bed, past lighthouse keepers, etc. I had e-mail correspondence with Dayna and she was very helpful with pricing and hours of operation for the lighthouse since the hours for it really depend on staffing each day.

It doesn't get a lot of foot traffic because of its obscure location but is definitely worth a visit. The view from here is quite nice that someone during our visit chose it to propose to his girlfriend (it appeared that she said yes). There is a small museum inside that tells the story of the lighthouse and how it was moved to its current location after it stopped operating. Admission is free. Come visit if you have at least half an hour to spare.

I couldn't find affordable parking nearby to get closer to this lighthouse.

Absolutely amazing little lighthouse! Very well maintained!

Interesting piece of history. Will take less than 10 minutes to see, lots of stairs to climb to the top tho! It is free with the historic ships ticket, or $1 if you don’t have the ticket. You can go all the way up to the top of the light house and the view is nice. There are lots of artifacts and information on the walls.

Easy to get to. Wasn’t open. You can walk around underneath it. Great view of the water. You can see it from the concert venue next-door. Really unique and different than most houses.