Patapsco River
The Patapsco River mainstem is a 39-mile river in central Maryland that flows into Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Bolas Creek”, “Bolus flu”, “Bolus River”, “Patapscoe River”, “Patapsko River”, “Potapscoe River”, and “West Branch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light and Fort Smallwood Park.
Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light
Lighthouse
The Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light is one of a pair of range lights that marks the second section of the shipping channel into Baltimore harbor. Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light is situated 1½ miles north of Patapsco River.
Fort Smallwood Park
Park
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Fort Smallwood Park is a county park in northeastern Anne Arundel County, near Riviera Beach and Pasadena, Maryland, United States. It is located on the outer Patapsco River as it meets the Chesapeake Bay, on a peninsula known as Rock Point. Fort Smallwood Park is situated 2 miles west of Patapsco River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Howard and Fairview.
Fort Howard
Neighborhood
Fort Howard is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. Fort Howard is situated 2½ miles north of Patapsco River.
Fairview
Hamlet
Fairview is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Fairview is situated 3 miles southwest of Patapsco River.
Riviera Beach
Town
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Riviera Beach is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,677 at the 2010 U.S. census. Riviera Beach is situated 3½ miles west of Patapsco River.
Patapsco River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Patapsco River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر باتابسكو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Patapsco”
- Catalan: “Patapsco”
- Cebuano: “Patapsco River”
- Chinese: “帕塔普斯科河”
- Dutch: “Patapsco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پاتاپسكو”
- French: “Patapsco river”
- French: “Patapsco”
- French: “Rivière Patapsco”
- German: “Patapsco River”
- Hungarian: “Patapsco”
- Inari Sami: “Patapsco”
- Inari Sami: “Patapscojuuhâ”
- Irish: “Abhainn Patapsco”
- Italian: “Patapsco”
- Japanese: “パタプスコ川”
- Korean: “파탑스코강”
- Korean: “퍼탭스코강”
- Northern Sami: “Patapsco”
- Northern Sami: “Patapscojohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Patapsco River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Patapsco”
- Polish: “Patapsco”
- Portuguese: “Rio Patapsco”
- Russian: “Патапско (река)”
- Russian: “Патапско”
- Skolt Sami: “Patapsco”
- Skolt Sami: “Patapscojokk”
- Slovenian: “Patapsco River”
- Slovenian: “Patapsco”
- Slovenian: “reka Patapsco”
- Spanish: “Río Patapsco”
- Swedish: “Patapscofloden”
- Turkish: “Patapsco Nehri”
- Venetian: “Patapsco”
- Welsh: “Afon Patapsco”
- Wu Chinese: “帕塔普斯科河”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kurtz Beach and Maryland Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cutoff Channel and Brewerton Channel.
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