Masonville

Masonville is a locality in Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland. Masonville is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fairfield Area, as well as near the locality Fairfield Homes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort McHenry and NS Savannah.

Fort McHenry

Fort

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Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British Royal Navy from the Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.

NS Savannah

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NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, launched on July 21, 1959, two years after the Soviet ice-breaker Lenin, the first nuclear-powered civilian vessel. NS Savannah is situated 2 miles northeast of Masonville.

Lazaretto Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Lazaretto Point Light was a historic lighthouse in Baltimore harbor. Though long demolished, a replica stands near its original site. Lazaretto Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles northeast of Masonville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brooklyn and South Baltimore.

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.

South Baltimore

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South Baltimore is the entrance point for most visitors to the city, coming in off I-95 from the south, and home to one of the city's number one attractions—Fort McHenry, as well as both the Orioles and Ravens stadiums.

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 n is on steep sloping heights, about four city blocks wide and fifteen blocks long and above and surrounded…

Masonville

Type: Locality
Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.24316° or 39° 14′ 35″ north

Longitude

-76.59052° or 76° 35′ 26″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87F56CV5+7Q

GeoNames ID

4361921

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