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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.
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. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
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. [2] During the War of 1812, the British made the island their headquarters, and raided shipyards and river plantations from this base.
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 .
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 ...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are fourteen active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously staffed lights.
Piney Orchard Nature Preserve is a 45-acre (18 ha) protected wetland forest with several miles of improved trails located in southern Odenton, Maryland. The preserve is surrounded by 1,500 acres of river woodland between the residential communities of Piney Orchard , Two Rivers, Woodwardville , and Amberfield.
Piney Point Formation, a geologic formation in Virginia Piney Point Light , an historic lighthouse in Maryland Piney Point phosphate plant , an industrial site in Florida