Briar Point
Briar Point is a cape in New Castle County, Delaware. Briar Point is situated nearby to the locality Gams Crest, as well as near the hamlet Birds Corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Windsor and North Saint Georges Historic District.
Windsor
House
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Windsor, also known as Annondale, is a historic home located near Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware, USA. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, brick building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end.
North Saint Georges Historic District
Protected area
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North Saint Georges Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects in the village of North St.
St. Georges Bridge
Bridge
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The St. Georges Bridge is a steel tied arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 13 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in St. Georges, Delaware. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and opened in 1942 as a high-level crossing, the bridge was the first four-lane, high-level crossing to span the canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Georges and Biddles Corner.
Saint Georges
Village
Saint Georges is an unincorporated town and former municipality situated on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, approximately midway between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay.
Biddles Corner
Hamlet
Biddles Corner is a location in St. George's Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Biddles Corner is at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Port Penn Road just east of the Biddles Corner toll plaza on the Delaware Route 1 toll road south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Biddles Corner is situated 2 miles southwest of Briar Point.
Wrangle Hill
Hamlet
Wrangle Hill is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Wrangle Hill is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13, Delaware Route 7, and Delaware Route 72 west of Delaware City. Wrangle Hill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Briar Point.
Briar Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.55011° or 39° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.62604° or 75° 37′ 34″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87F6H92F+2HGeoNames ID
4141627
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