Gibson Island Beach

Gibson Island Beach is a beach in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Gibson Island Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Arcadia, as well as near Long Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gibson Island and Baltimore Lighthouse.

Gibson Island

Island

Photo: Sallicio, Public domain.

Gibson Island is an island and unincorporated community on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States and is the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 177.

Baltimore Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Jaboyce, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Baltimore Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Gibson Island Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape St. Claire and Lake Shore.

Cape St. Claire

Village

Cape St. Claire, a suburb of Annapolis, is a covenanted, unincorporated community as well as a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Cape St. Claire is situated 3 miles southwest of Gibson Island Beach.

Lake Shore

Village

Lake Shore is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located east of Pasadena. The population of Lake Shore was 19,477 at the 2010 census. Lake Shore is situated 3½ miles northwest of Gibson Island Beach.

Skidmore

Neighborhood

Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The community is the western terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well as the location of Sandy Point State Park. Sandy Point Shoal Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Skidmore is situated 4½ miles south of Gibson Island Beach.

Gibson Island Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Category: landform
Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.08429° or 39° 5′ 3″ north

Longitude

-76.42239° or 76° 25′ 21″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87F53HMH+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358238832

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

4356083

Wikidata ID

Q49320800

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Gibson Island Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gibson Island Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gibson Island and Arcadia.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Christopher by the Sea Church and Gibson Island Post Office.

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