Piney Point Light House Museum

Piney Point Light House Museum is a museum in Saint Mary’s County, Maryland. Piney Point Light House Museum is situated nearby to the museum Potomac River Maritime Exhibit, as well as near Piney Point Oil Pier.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Piney Point Lighthouse and German submarine U-1105.

Piney Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Piney Point Lighthouse was built in 1836 located at Piney Point on the Potomac River in Maryland just up the river from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Piney Point Lighthouse is situated 510 feet south of Piney Point Light House Museum.

German submarine U-1105, a Type VII-C/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, was built at the Nordseewerke Shipyard, Emden, Germany, and commissioned on 3 June 1944. German submarine U-1105 is situated 1½ miles west of Piney Point Light House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piney Point and Tall Timbers.

Piney Point

Village

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Piney Point, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It is known for the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, houses along the beach, a lighthouse, and a museum.

Tall Timbers

Village

Tall Timbers is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Tall Timbers is situated 2 miles north of Piney Point Light House Museum.

Saint George Island

Hamlet

St. George Island is an unincorporated census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. The post office at Piney Point serves the island, which is connected to the mainland by a short bridge. Saint George Island is situated 3 miles southeast of Piney Point Light House Museum.

Piney Point Light House Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.13665° or 38° 8′ 12″ north

Longitude

-76.5291° or 76° 31′ 45″ west

Open location code

87C54FPC+M9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1070748963

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

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