Great Shoals Light

Great Shoals Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Wicomico River.

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Nearby places include Dames Quarter and Waterview.

Hamlet

Dames Quarter is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 188 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dames Quarter is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Shoals Light.

Waterview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 40 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waterview is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great Shoals Light.

Hamlet

Nanticoke Acres is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 103 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nanticoke Acres is situated 3½ miles northwest of Great Shoals Light.

Latitude

38.21437° or 38° 12′ 52″ north

Longitude

-75.8794° or 75° 52′ 46″ west

Open location code

87C6647C+P6

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OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

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