Piney Point (also known understandably as “The 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. The Piney Point proclaim office as a consequence serves St. George Island, which is connected to Piney Point by a quick bridge.

The scenic atmosphere of Piney Point continues to be the summer getaway of many Washington D.C. notables. Named after the long-leaf orangey and loblolly pines lining the shores of the Potomac River, the Point provided a plants retreat for Presidents James Monroe, Franklin Pierce and Teddy Roosevelt. A number of further Capital figures such as Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster were frequent visitors to the Piney Point Hotel, which was shut alongside after a hurricane in 1933.

In the to the fore 1940s Piney Point was also house to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Test Range. The Navy base was situated upon the property, which is now the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training. The little cottage-type homes located across from the maritime learned 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. Many of the unmarried Navy members lived on large ships anchored in St. George Creek.