Drum Point Light
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.Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: lighthouse in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Drum Point Lighthouse”
- Address: 14200 South Solomons Island Road, Solomoms, 20688
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calvert Marine Museum and J. C. Lore Oyster House.
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.
J. C. Lore Oyster House
Historic building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
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. J. C. Lore Oyster House is situated 2,600 feet south of Drum Point Light.
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge is a 1.37-mile bridge in Maryland over the lower Patuxent River joining Calvert and St. Mary's counties. The bridge, named for the first governor of Maryland, Thomas Johnson, saw construction start in 1972 and opened to traffic on December 17, 1977. Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Drum Point Light.
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.
Drum Point Light
- Categories: lighthouse, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calvert County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.33123° or 38° 19′ 52″ northLongitude
-76.46334° or 76° 27′ 48″ westOpen location code
87C58GJP+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 290035208OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5309067
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Drum Point Light” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鼓點燈塔”
- French: “phare de Drum Point”
- French: “Phare de Drum Point”
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