West Point
West Point is a cape in Glynn, Georgia. West Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Village Bluff, as well as near German Village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Frederica National Monument and Fort Frederica Visitor Center.
Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort
Photo: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids.
Fort Frederica Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Azaelpitti07, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Frederica Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Saint Simons Island
Island
St. Simons Island is a barrier island and census-designated place located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. The names of the community and the island are interchangeable, known simply as "St. Saint Simons Island is situated 2 miles southeast of West Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Country Club Estates and Jewtown.
Country Club Estates
Village
Country Club Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Brunswick metropolitan statistical area. The population was 8,373 at the 2020 census, down from 8,545 in 2010. Country Club Estates is situated 4½ miles west of West Point.
Jewtown
Hamlet
Jewtown is an unincorporated community on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. Jewtown is situated 5 miles south of West Point.
West Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Glynn, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.23579° or 31° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
-81.39204° or 81° 23′ 31″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
863W6JP5+85GeoNames ID
4230258
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