Sharps Point
Sharps Point is a cape in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Sharps Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Tanglewood, as well as near Whitehall Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitehall and Saint Margarets Episcopal Church.
Whitehall
Building
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitehall is a colonial home that was built beginning in 1764 near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland by Horatio Sharpe, then the provincial governor of the British colony of Maryland.
Saint Margarets Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal church building in St. Margaret's, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Saint Margarets Episcopal Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sharps Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skidmore and Naval Academy.
Skidmore
Neighborhood
Skidmore is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The community is the western terminus of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well as the location of Sandy Point State Park. Sandy Point Shoal Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Skidmore is situated 2 miles northeast of Sharps Point.
Naval Academy
Village
Naval Academy is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, which covers the campus of the United States Naval Academy. The population was 4,802 at the 2010 census. Naval Academy is situated 3 miles west of Sharps Point.
Cape St. Claire
Village
Cape St. Claire, a suburb of Annapolis, is a covenanted, unincorporated community as well as a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Cape St. Claire is situated 3 miles north of Sharps Point.
Sharps Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Sharp’s Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.99706° or 38° 59′ 49″ northLongitude
-76.43329° or 76° 25′ 60″ westOpen location code
87C5XHW8+RMGeoNames ID
4369349
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