Solomon’s Island

Solomon’s Island is a memorial in Calvert County, Maryland. Solomon’s Island is situated nearby to the canal Tide Box, as well as near the museum J.C. Lore Oyster House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include J. C. Lore Oyster House and Calvert Marine Museum.

J. C. Lore Oyster House

Historic building

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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.

Calvert Marine Museum

Museum

Photo: Sampsonsimpson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Calvert Marine Museum is situated 2,600 feet north of Solomon’s Island.

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. Drum Point Light is situated 2,600 feet north of Solomon’s Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Johnstown and Solomons.

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.

Dowell

Locality

Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, located immediately north of Solomons. The city once had its own zip code, that being 20629, but it was changed to 20688, shared with Solomons.

Solomon’s Island

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Originally called Bourne’s (1680), then Somervell’s Island (1740). It became known as Solomon’s Island (1867) because of Isaac Solomon’s oyster packing facilities here. Shipyards developed to support the island’s fishing fleet. The famed ‘Bugeye’ sailing”
Category: historic site
Location: Calvert County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.32429° or 38° 19′ 27″ north

Longitude

-76.46106° or 76° 27′ 40″ west

Open location code

87C58GFQ+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9556722797

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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