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Hooper Strait Light is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is now an exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland.

Location :Originally in Hooper Strait north of Bloodsworth Island in the Chesapeake Bay; relocated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Coordinates: 38.7875°N 76.2192°W (current)
Year first lit: 1867
Automated :1954
Deactivated: 1966
Foundation: screw-pile
Construction : cast-iron/wood
Tower shape: hexagonal house
Original lens : fifth-order Fresnel lens

We visited this lighthouse on Nov 12 2003 during a rainstorm. This light is sometimes referred to as the St. David's Lighthouse.
I was here again on December 4 2019. It was closed but I got a few pictures.

The interior of Hooper Strait Lighthouse is open to museum visitors. The fog bell tower from Point Lookout Lighthouse stands on the grass near the lighthouse.

The lighthouse is owned by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Grounds/dwelling/tower open.

Access:Car