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Learn About Piney Point, MD

Piney Point is a waterfront community located in St. Mary’s County.  It is also known simply as “The Point” by locals.  It shares a border to the north with the community of Tall Timbers and the community of Valley Lee.  Located to the west and south is the Potomac River and the State of Virginia.   Piney Point shares a border to the east with the community of Drayden. 

It is known for the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education.  The community has many houses along the beach, a lighthouse, and a museum.  The Piney Point Post Office also serves St. George Island.  It is connected to Piney Point by a short bridge.

The scenic environment of Piney Point continues to be the summer getaway of many Washington D.C. notables.  The community was named after the long-leaf yellow and loblolly pines that line the shores of the Potomac River.  Piney Point provided a nature retreat for Presidents James Monroe, Franklin Pierce and Teddy Roosevelt.  A number of other well-known figures such as Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster were frequent visitors.  They stayed at the Piney Point Hotel, which was shut down after a hurricane in 1933.

In the early 1940s Piney Point was also home to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Test Range.  The Navy base was situated on the property that is now the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training.  The small cottage-type homes located across from the maritime school were originally housing for Navy enlisted men and their families.  The two-story homes along Stark Drive served as housing for Navy officers.  The Navy base included a hospital, bowling alley, motor pool, and ships’ dock.  It is said that many of the unmarried Navy members lived on large ships anchored in St. George Creek.