(NRC) Navy Recreation Center at Solomons

Location: Patuxent River, Calvert County, Maryland

Site Parameters
  • Coast Type: Straight
  • Body of Water: Patuxent River
  • Shore Direction of Face: Northwest
  • Shore Type: High Bank
  • Average Shore Height: 40 feet
  • Average Fetch: 3.5 nautical mile
  • Distance to 6ft Contour: 500 ft.
  • Land Use: Military/ Recreation
  • Date Installed: December 1999
  • Type: Headland Breakwaters
  • Number of Breakwaters: 9
  • Number of Bays: 8

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