Honga River
The Honga River is an estuary on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the west by Hooper's Island and on the east by the mainland of Dorchester County, Maryland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States
- Historically known as: “Hungar River”, “Hungary River”, “Hunger River”, “Hungers Creek”, and “Willingtous Bay”
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.
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 2½ miles east of Honga River.
Bishops Head
Hamlet
Bishops Head is an unincorporated community in southern Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. Bishops Head is situated 3 miles northeast of Honga River.
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 3½ miles north of Honga River.
Honga River
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Honga River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Honga River”
- French: “Honga River”
- French: “rivière Honga”
- “Honga”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hog Island and Hoopersville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jimson Weed Point and Mens Burial Point.
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