Fort McHenry Anchorage

Fort McHenry Anchorage is a dock in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Fort McHenry Anchorage is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fairfield Area, as well as near the hamlet Point Breeze.

Places of Interest

Highlights include NS Savannah and Fort McHenry.

NS Savannah

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, launched on July 21, 1959, two years after the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel.

Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British Royal Navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814. Fort McHenry is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort McHenry Anchorage.

Lazaretto Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Lazaretto Point Light was a historic lighthouse in Baltimore harbor. Though long demolished, a replica stands near its original site. Lazaretto Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles north of Fort McHenry Anchorage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curtis Bay and St. Helena, Baltimore.

Curtis Bay

Neighborhood

Photo: Preservation Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Curtis Bay is a residential, commercial, and industrial neighborhood in the southern portion of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The n is on steep sloping heights, about four city blocks wide and fifteen blocks long and above and surrounded… Curtis Bay is situated 2 miles southwest of Fort McHenry Anchorage.

St. Helena, Baltimore

Neighborhood

St. Helena is a neighborhood in the cities of Baltimore and Dundalk in the U.S. state of Maryland. The border between the cities, which is also the border between Baltimore County and Baltimore City, divides the neighborhood. St. Helena, Baltimore is situated 2 miles northeast of Fort McHenry Anchorage.

Hawkins Point

Quarter

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hawkins Point is a neighborhood in the South District of Baltimore, located at the southern tip of the city between Curtis Bay and the Anne Arundel County line and Thoms Cove. Hawkins Point is situated 2 miles south of Fort McHenry Anchorage.

Fort McHenry Anchorage

Type: Dock
Category: transportation
Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.24011° or 39° 14′ 24″ north

Longitude

-76.56135° or 76° 33′ 41″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87F56CRQ+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358241006

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

GeoNames ID

4355338

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