Shorts Creek
Shorts Creek is a stream in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Shorts Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Skidmore, as well as near Meredith Homes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse and Whitehall.
Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandy Point Shoal Light is a brick three story lighthouse on a caisson foundation that was erected in 1883. It lies about 0.6 mi off Sandy Point, north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, from whose westbound span it is readily visible.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skidmore and Cape St. Claire.
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.
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 3½ miles northwest of Shorts Creek.
Matapeake
Hamlet
Matapeake is an unincorporated community located south of Stevensville on Kent Island, Maryland, United States. It is named for the historic Matapeake tribe, who lived there at the time of English colonization in 1631. Matapeake is situated 4½ miles southeast of Shorts Creek.
Shorts Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Short Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.00872° or 39° 0′ 31″ northLongitude
-76.40357° or 76° 24′ 13″ westElevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)Open location code
87F52H5W+FHGeoNames ID
4369524
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