Sandy Point

Sandy Point is a cape in Calvert County, Maryland. Sandy Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Rousby Hall, as well as near Johnstown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include J. C. Lore Oyster House and Calvert Marine Museum.

J. C. Lore Oyster House

Historic building

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J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc, Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland.

Calvert Marine Museum

Museum

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The Calvert Marine Museum is a museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: Among its exhibits are the Drum Point Light, the bugeye Wm.

Drum Point Light Station also known as Drum Point Lighthouse is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Solomons and Johnstown.

Solomons

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For the island chain in the South Pacific, see Solomon Islands. Solomons is a resort area in Southern Maryland, near the Patuxent Naval Air Station. Solomons within a two-hour drive of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis.

Johnstown

Neighborhood

Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The historic Preston-on-the-Patuxent house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Drum Point

Village

Photo: SlipperyDude, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Drum Point is a census-designated place in southern Calvert County, Maryland, United States, at the confluence of the Patuxent River with the Chesapeake Bay. Drum Point is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sandy Point.

Sandy Point

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Calvert County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.31679° or 38° 19′ 0″ north

Longitude

-76.45523° or 76° 27′ 19″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C58G8V+PW

GeoNames ID

4368818

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