Half Pone Point

Half Pone Point is a cape in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. Half Pone Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Clarks Landing, as well as near Scotch Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calvert Marine Museum and Drum Point Light.

Calvert Marine Museum

Museum

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The Calvert Marine Museum is a museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: Among its exhibits are the Drum Point Light, the bugeye Wm. Calvert Marine Museum is situated 2 miles southeast of Half Pone Point.

Drum Point Light

Museum

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Drum Point Light Station also known as Drum Point Lighthouse is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum. Drum Point Light is situated 2 miles southeast of Half Pone Point.

J. C. Lore Oyster House

Historic building

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J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc, Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland. J. C. Lore Oyster House is situated 2½ miles southeast of Half Pone Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dowell and Johnstown.

Dowell

Locality

Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, located immediately north of Solomons. The city once had its own zip code, that being 20629, but it was changed to 20688, shared with Solomons. Dowell is situated 2 miles east of Half Pone Point.

Johnstown

Neighborhood

Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The historic Preston-on-the-Patuxent house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Johnstown is situated 2 miles southeast of Half Pone Point.

Solomons

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

For the island chain in the South Pacific, see Solomon Islands. Solomons is a resort area in Southern Maryland, near the Patuxent Naval Air Station. Solomons within a two-hour drive of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis.

Half Pone Point

Type: Cape
Description: cape in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.34596° or 38° 20′ 46″ north

Longitude

-76.4969° or 76° 29′ 49″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87C58GW3+96

GeoNames ID

4357173

Wikidata ID

Q34913521

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In Other Languages

“Half Pone Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Half Pone Point”

Localities in the Area

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