Kedges Straits
Kedges Straits is a channel in Somerset County, Maryland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Solomons Lump Lighthouse.
Solomons Lump Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Solomons Lump Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, the abbreviated remains of a caisson light built in 1895. That structure replaced a screw-pile light built on the same spot in 1875, which in turn superseded the Fog Point Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ewell and Smith Island.
Ewell
Village
Photo: Lee Cannon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ewell is an unincorporated community located on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. Ewell is situated 4½ miles south of Kedges Straits.
Smith Island
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smith Island is a small inhabited island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. It is the only off-shore inhabited island in the state of Maryland and is accessible only via boat.
Rhodes Point
Village
Rhodes Point is an unincorporated community located on Smith Island in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. Rhodes Point lies on the same insular mass as does the main Smith Island town of Ewell. Rhodes Point is situated 6 miles south of Kedges Straits.
Kedges Straits
- Type: Channel
- Also known as: “Cagis Straits”, “Hooper Straits”, “Kedge Straits”, “Kedge’s Straits”, “Middle Streights”, and “Straits of Limbo”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.06012° or 38° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
-76.01632° or 76° 0′ 59″ westOpen location code
87C53X6M+2FGeoNames ID
4359693
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sheepshead Point and Solomons Lump.
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