Stinking Point
Stinking Point is a cape in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia. Stinking Point was named after the bodies of the Civil War dead washing up there.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ragged Point Light.
Ragged Point Light
Lighthouse
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The Ragged Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River. It was the last lighthouse built in Maryland waters and the last built at a location in the Chesapeake Bay. Ragged Point Light is situated 2 miles north of Stinking Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ragged Point Beach and Coles Point.
Ragged Point Beach
Hamlet
Ragged Point Beach is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Ragged Point Beach is situated 1½ miles northwest of Stinking Point.
Coles Point
Hamlet
Coles Point is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Coles Point is part of the Northern Neck of Virginia and lies on a peninsula which juts out into the Potomac River on its eastern side and as part of the Westmoreland County waterfront, it follows the Potomac River northward. Coles Point is situated 2 miles northwest of Stinking Point.
Tidwells
Hamlet
Tidwells is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Tidwells is situated 2½ miles west of Stinking Point.
Stinking Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia
- Category: landform
- Location: Westmoreland County, Eastern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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