Solomons
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,650 residents
- Description: community in Maryland
- Also known as: “Solomon”, “Solomons, Maryland”, and “Solomons, MD”
- Postal code: 20688
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calvert Marine Museum and Drum Point Light.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drum Point and Spencers Wharf.
Drum Point
Village
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Drum Point is a census-designated place in southern Calvert County, Maryland, United States, at the confluence of the Patuxent River with Chesapeake Bay.
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
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Calvert County, Southern Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.3182° or 38° 19′ 6″ northLongitude
-76.4555° or 76° 27′ 20″ westPopulation
2,650Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OMUOpen location code
87C58G9V+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 157627697OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Solomons” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سليمان”
- Basque: “Solomons”
- Catalan: “Solomons”
- Cebuano: “Solomons”
- Chinese: “Solomons”
- Chinese: “所羅門斯”
- Chinese: “索洛蒙斯”
- Dutch: “Solomons”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سليمان”
- French: “Solomons Island”
- German: “Solomons”
- Gilaki: “سولومونز (مريلند)”
- Gilaki: “سولومونز”
- Irish: “Solomons”
- Italian: “Solomons”
- Japanese: “ソロモンズ (メリーランド州)”
- Kazakh: “Solomons”
- Kazakh: “Соломонс”
- Kazakh: “سولومونس”
- Kirghiz: “Соломонс”
- Ladin: “Solomons”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Solomons”
- Persian: “سلمن، مریلند”
- Persian: “سلمن”
- Polish: “Solomons”
- Portuguese: “Solomons”
- Serbian: “Соломонс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Solomons, Maryland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Solomons”
- South Azerbaijani: “سولومونز، مریلند”
- Spanish: “Solomons”
- Tatar: “Соломонс (Мэриленд)”
- Tatar: “Соломонс”
- Ukrainian: “Соломонс”
- Uzbek: “Solomons”
- Uzbek: “Соломонс”
- Volapük: “Solomons”
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