Town Point
Town Point is a cape in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. Town Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Spencers Wharf, as well as near Town Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calvert Marine Museum and J. C. Lore Oyster House.
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.
J. C. Lore Oyster House
Historic building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
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.
Drum Point Light
Museum
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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 Spencers Wharf and Johnstown.
Spencers Wharf
Hamlet
Spencers Wharf is an unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet.
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.
Solomons
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
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.
Town Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Thomas Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.32179° or 38° 19′ 18″ northLongitude
-76.47551° or 76° 28′ 32″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87C58GCF+PQGeoNames ID
4371563
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