Back Creek
Back Creek is a stream in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. Back Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Peacock Manor, as well as near the neighborhood Red Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenwell State Park and Sotterley.
Greenwell State Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Preservation Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenwell State Park is a public recreation area located on the Patuxent River in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The state park features the historic Rosedale Manor House as well as the Bonds-Simms tobacco barns complex.
Sotterley
Building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Sotterley Plantation is a historic landmark plantation house located at 44300 Sotterley Lane in Hollywood, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA. It is a long 1+1⁄2-story, nine-bay frame building, covered with wide, beaded clapboard siding and wood shingle roof, overlooking the Patuxent River. Sotterley is situated 2 miles north of Back Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hollywood and Dowell.
Hollywood
Village
Hollywood is an unincorporated community located within St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It was named in 1867, when a storeowner at Thompson's General Store near the Uniontown section of Hollywood required a name for the post office inside the store. Hollywood is situated 2 miles west of Back Creek.
Dowell
Locality
Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, located immediately north of Solomons. The city once had its own zip code, that being 20629, but it was changed to 20688, shared with Solomons. Dowell is situated 3½ miles east of Back Creek.
Johnstown
Neighborhood
Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The historic Preston-on-the-Patuxent house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Johnstown is situated 3½ miles southeast of Back Creek.
Back Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.34846° or 38° 20′ 55″ northLongitude
-76.52134° or 76° 31′ 17″ westOpen location code
87C58FXH+9FGeoNames ID
4347681
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