Pleasure Island
Pleasure Island is an islet in Baltimore County, Central Maryland, Maryland. Pleasure Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ramona Beach, as well as near Swan Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light and Hart-Miller Island.
Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light
Lighthouse
The Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light is one of a pair of range lights that marks the first section of the shipping channel into Baltimore harbor. It is the tallest lighthouse in Maryland.
Hart-Miller Island
Island
Ballestone Mansion
Manor estate
The Ballestone-Stansbury House, once misidentified as the Ballestone Mansion, is a historic plantation home located on Cedar Point between Back and Middle Rivers in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Ballestone Mansion is situated 2 miles northwest of Pleasure Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edgemere and Fort Howard.
Edgemere
Village
Edgemere is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,669 at the 2010 census. Edgemere is situated 3 miles west of Pleasure Island.
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 3½ miles southwest of Pleasure Island.
Sparrows Point
Suburb
Sparrows Point is an industrial area in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Edgemere. Named after Thomas Sparrow, landowner, it was the site of a very large industrial complex owned by Bethlehem Steel, known for steelmaking and shipbuilding. Sparrows Point is situated 4½ miles west of Pleasure Island.
Pleasure Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Baltimore County, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.23344° or 39° 14′ 0″ north
Longitude
-76.39257° or 76° 23′ 33″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87F56JM4+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Pleasure Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pleasure Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maryland)”
- Cebuano: “Pleasure Island”
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Localities in the Area
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