Gibson Island
Gibson Island is a hamlet in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Gibson Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Arcadia, as well as near Long Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gibson Island and Baltimore Lighthouse.
Gibson Island
Island
Photo: Sallicio, Public domain.
Gibson Island is an island and unincorporated community on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States and is the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 177.
Baltimore Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Jaboyce, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Baltimore Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Gibson Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape St. Claire and Skidmore.
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 2½ miles southwest of Gibson Island.
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 3½ miles south of Gibson Island.
Lake Shore
Village
Lake Shore is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located east of Pasadena. The population of Lake Shore was 19,477 at the 2010 census. Lake Shore is situated 4 miles northwest of Gibson Island.
Gibson Island
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.07428° or 39° 4′ 27″ northLongitude
-76.42385° or 76° 25′ 26″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87F53HFG+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 158589244OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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