Bishops Head
Bishops Head is a cape in Dorchester County, Maryland. Bishops Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Crocheron, as well as near the locality Hog Island.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hooper Strait Light.
Hooper Strait Light
Lighthouse
Hooper Strait Light is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland. Originally located in Hooper Strait, between Hooper and Bloodsworth Islands in Dorchester County and at the entrance to Tangier Sound, it is now an exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Hooper Strait Light is situated 2 miles west of Bishops Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crocheron and Bishops Head.
Crocheron
Hamlet
Crocheron is a remote unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, south of Bishops Head. Crocheron is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bishops Head.
Bishops Head
Locality
Bishops Head is an unincorporated community in southern Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Bishops Head is situated 3½ miles northwest of Bishops Head.
Wingate
Hamlet
Wingate is an unincorporated community in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Wingate is located along Wingate Bishops Head Road northeast of the Honga River in the southern part of the county. Wingate is situated 5 miles northwest of Bishops Head.
Bishops Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Bishop Head” and “Bishop’s Head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.22151° or 38° 13′ 17″ north
Longitude
-76.03521° or 76° 2′ 7″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87C56XC7+JW
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