Leading Point
Leading Point is a cape in Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland. Leading Point is situated nearby to the quarter Hawkins Point, as well as near the hamlet Brandon Shores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Armistead and Hawkins Point Light.
Fort Armistead
Fort
Fort Armistead was a United States Army coastal defense fort, active from 1901 to 1920, that defended Baltimore, Maryland.
Hawkins Point Light
Historic site
The Hawkins Point Light was an unusual screw-pile lighthouse which displayed the front light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron tower on the same foundation.
Fort Carroll Light
Lighthouse
Photo: WorldIslandInfo.com, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Carroll Light is a derelict lighthouse consisting of a short wooden tower on the walls of its namesake fortifications in the Patapsco River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkins Point and Curtis Bay.
Hawkins Point
Quarter
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hawkins Point is a neighborhood in the South District of Baltimore, located at the southern tip of the city between Curtis Bay and the Anne Arundel County line and Thoms Cove.
Curtis Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Preservation Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Curtis Bay is a residential, commercial, and industrial neighborhood in the southern portion of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The neighborhood is on steep sloping heights, about four city blocks wide and fifteen blocks long and above and…
Brooklyn
Neighborhood
Brooklyn is one of the southernmost neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located near Anne Arundel County along Governor Ritchie Highway which is also Maryland Route 2.
Leading Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Treadhaven Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.21691° or 39° 13′ 1″ northLongitude
-76.54956° or 76° 32′ 58″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87F56F82+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2935364248OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4360511
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