Gowans Point

Gowans Point is a cape in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Gowans Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Harbour Glen, as well as near the neighborhood Little John.

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
Also known as: “Gowan’s Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Severn River Bridge and Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Severn River Bridge

Bridge

The Severn River Bridge, officially known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, is a bridge that crosses the Severn River northwest of the city limits of Annapolis, Maryland. Severn River Bridge is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gowans Point.

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Hospital

Photo: SlipperyDude, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Anne Arundel Medical Center is a regional health system headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. In addition to the main campus in Annapolis, the group has outpatient pavilions in Bowie, Kent Island, Odenton, Easton, and Waugh Chapel. Anne Arundel Medical Center is situated 2½ miles south of Gowans Point.

St. Helena Island

Islet

Photo: Jillian202, Public domain.

St. Helena Island is situated between Round Bay and Little Round Bay in the Severn River, 5 miles upstream from Annapolis, Maryland and 17 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland. St. Helena Island is situated 2½ miles northwest of Gowans Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchester-on-the-Severn and Sherwood Forest.

Winchester-on-the-Severn

Hamlet

Winchester-on-the-Severn is a populated place located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Winchester-on-the-Severn is tied with Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, at 21 letters for the title of longest hyphenated placename in the United States appearing in the US Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Sherwood Forest

Village

Sherwood Forest is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.

Arnold

Town

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arnold, a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located just outside of the state's capital, Annapolis. It is located 18.78 miles south of Baltimore, and 29.97 miles east of Washington, D.C. The population was 24,064 as of the 2020 census.

Gowans Point

Category: landform
Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.02451° or 39° 1′ 28″ north

Longitude

-76.52412° or 76° 31′ 27″ west

Open location code

87F52FFG+R9

GeoNames ID

9683270

Wikidata ID

Q34902361

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Gowans Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Gowans Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harbour Glen and Little John.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clements Creek Seaplane Base and Smock Point.

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