Janes Point

Janes Point is a cape in Calvert County, Maryland. Janes Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Rousby Hall, as well as near Johnstown.

Photo: SlipperyDude, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include J. C. Lore Oyster House and Calvert Marine Museum.

J. C. Lore Oyster House

Historic building

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

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.

Calvert Marine Museum

Museum

Photo: Sampsonsimpson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Solomons and Johnstown.

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.

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.

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 1½ miles north of Janes Point.

Janes Point

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Calvert County, Maryland, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Calvert County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

38.3229° or 38° 19′ 22″ north

Longitude

-76.45662° or 76° 27′ 24″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87C58GFV+59

GeoNames ID

4359351

Wikidata ID

Q34948423

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Janes Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Janes Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Janes Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rousby Hall and Spencers Wharf.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Narrows and Ma Leg Island.

Maryland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Baltimore, Annapolis, Rockville, and Frederick.

Curious Capes to Discover

Uncover intriguing capes from every corner of the globe.