Shaffners Ponds
Shaffners Ponds is a lake in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Shaffners Ponds is situated nearby to the hamlet Sandy Hill Acres, as well as near the locality Jericho Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowie State station and Bowie Railroad Buildings.
Bowie State station
Railway station
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Bowie State station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located adjacent to the campus of Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. It is served by MARC Penn Line commuter rail trains.
Bowie Railroad Buildings
Museum
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland. Bowie Railroad Buildings is situated 2 miles south of Shaffners Ponds.
Don S. S. Goodloe House
Building
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The Don S. S. Goodloe House, a 1915–16 Colonial Revival style building veneered with brick, is significant for its association with Don Speed Smith Goodloe, the first principal of the Maryland Normal and Industrial School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowie and Piney Orchard.
Bowie
Photo: J1729, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S. Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County; it is also the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Piney Orchard
Suburb
Piney Orchard is an unincorporated community within the Washington DC suburb of Odenton, Maryland, United States. Piney Orchard began as a Planned Unit Development, and was a project of the Constellation Real Estate Group, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group, which itself, is now owned by Exelon. Piney Orchard is situated 4 miles northeast of Shaffners Ponds.
Glenn Dale
Village
Photo: Firsttoscore, Public domain.
Glenn Dale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,698 at the 2020 census. Glenn Dale is situated 4 miles southwest of Shaffners Ponds.
Shaffners Ponds
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.03678° or 39° 2′ 12″ northLongitude
-76.77386° or 76° 46′ 26″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
87F526PG+PFGeoNames ID
4369295
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandy Hill Acres and Jericho Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Farm Pond and Duvall Ponds.
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