Piney Point, Maryland

About Piney Point

Set in the southern part of Maryland, Piney Point is a small unincorporated community.

Piney Point holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.5 square miles.

📰 Piney Point News Today

• Maryland In A Day Highlights Piney Point Lighthouse Museum During National Travel & Tourism Week The BayNet · May 8
• Piney Point Lighthouse Marks Summer Solstice June 19 - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle · Jun 4
• Driver Airlifted After Head-On Piney Point Crash; Speed, Alcohol Suspected, Sheriff Says DailyVoice.com · Jul 11
• Company buys Piney Point Terminal, plans technology hub SoMdNews.com · Oct 28
• Head-On Crash In Southern MD Sends 3 To Hospitals Patch · Jul 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Piney Point Unique

• The only place in America named Piney Point — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Piney Point

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Drayden African-American Schoolhouse · Museum
• Piney Point Light House Museum · Museum
• Potomac River Maritime Exhibit · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Piney Point

• Piney Point Landing Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Piney Point

🏘️ Nearby Communities