Bishops Head Point
Bishops Head Point is a cape in Dorchester County, Maryland. Bishops Head Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Crocheron, as well as near Hog Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 2½ miles west of Bishops Head Point.
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 2 miles northwest of Bishops Head Point.
Bishops Head
Hamlet
Bishops Head is an unincorporated community in southern Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Bishops Head is situated 4 miles northwest of Bishops Head Point.
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 Point.
Bishops Head Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Bishops Head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.21707° or 38° 13′ 2″ northLongitude
-76.03244° or 76° 1′ 57″ westOpen location code
87C56X89+R2GeoNames ID
4348791
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishops Head and Todd Cove.
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