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Piney Point (also known simply as "The Point" [2]), 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.
Known as Piney Point Road, the state highway runs 9.84 miles (15.84 km) from St. George Island north to MD 5 in Callaway. MD 249 is the primary access to St. George Island and the communities of Piney Point, Tall Timbers, and Valley Lee on the Piney Point peninsula between the Potomac River and St. George's Creek in southern St. Mary's County ...
Piney Point Lighthouse and Museum Cecils Old Mill museum, art gallery, and artists co-op in nearby Great Mills, Maryland National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary's County, Maryland many buildings in the county are listed, dating to the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s
The Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is a merchant marine educational facility in Piney Point, Maryland, which is affiliated with the Seafarers International Union. Founded in 1967 in Brooklyn, New York as "The Seafarers' Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship", [ 1 ] the Paul Hall Center is the largest training facility for ...
Location of St. Mary's County in Maryland. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary's County, Maryland.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.
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. [2] [3] The Coast Guard decommissioned it in 1964 and it has since become a museum. It is known as the Lighthouse of Presidents because several early US Presidents visited or stayed on the ...
MD 249 (Piney Point Road) west side, 0.1 mile south of St. George Island Bridge 2] Cecil's Mill Historic District: Great Mills, Maryland ...
The post office at Piney Point serves the island, which is connected to the mainland by a short bridge. [2] During the War of 1812, the British made the island their headquarters, and raided shipyards and river plantations from this base. Many tall pines on the island were cut and shipped to England for ship masts. [3]