Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 188 as of the 2010 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
- Type: Hamlet with 168 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland
- Also known as: “Keep Trieste”, “Keep Tryst”, “Keeptryst”, “Kepe Triste”, “Sandy Hook, Maryland”, and “Sandy Hook, MD”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Potomac Water Gap and Harpers Ferry station.
Potomac Water Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Potomac Water Gap is a double water gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, located at the intersection of the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, near Harpers Ferry. At 256 feet, it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Harpers Ferry station
Railway station
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is served by the Amtrak Floridian intercity service as well as the MARC Brunswick Line commuter service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loudoun Heights and Harpers Ferry.
Loudoun Heights
Hamlet
Loudoun Heights is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, near Purcellville and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is located in the Between the Hills region of the county along Harpers Ferry Road and is bounded to its northwest and northeast by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on the Potomac River.
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a historic town of 285 people in the northern corner of the Shenandoah Valley just inside West Virginia. It is a natural transportation hub: the Shenandoah River empties into the Potomac there.
Weverton
Hamlet
Weverton is an unincorporated community hamlet located in the southern tip of Washington County, Maryland, United States, near the north shore of the Potomac River. Weverton is situated 1½ miles east of Sandy Hook.
Sandy Hook
Latitude
39.32598° or 39° 19′ 34″ northLongitude
-77.71088° or 77° 42′ 39″ westPopulation
168Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
87F487GQ+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 158345846OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4368810Wikidata ID
Q3887855
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Sandy Hook” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandy Hook”
- Chinese: “桑迪胡克 (馬里蘭州)”
- Chinese: “桑迪胡克”
- Dutch: “Sandy Hook”
- French: “Sandy Hook”
- German: “Sandy Hook”
- Gilaki: “سندي هۊک (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “سندي هۊک”
- Irish: “Sandy Hook”
- Italian: “Sandy Hook”
- Ladin: “Sandy Hook”
- Persian: “اسندی هوک، مریلند”
- Persian: “اسندی هوک”
- Polish: “Sandy Hook”
- Serbian: “Санди Хук”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sandy Hook, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sandy Hook”
- South Azerbaijani: “سندی هوک، مریلند”
- Spanish: “Sandy Hook”
- Swedish: “Sandy Hook, Maryland”
- Swedish: “Sandy Hook”
- Tatar: “Санди-Гук (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Санди-Гук”
- Ukrainian: “Санді-Гук”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hillside and Lower Town.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandy Hook Bridge and Potoma Wayside.
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