Hoye Crest -- Maryland's High Point

The Middle Point

of the Transpeninsular Line



Photo by Leven Browne, ca. 1997

The Post Mark'd West

The Base Point on the Mason Dixon Line

Site of Post Mark'd West set up by Mason and Dixon June 12, 1764

This post used as base point in the survey of Mason Dixon Line 1763 - 1767

The Jefferson Pier

In the shadow of the Washington Monument is a small granite stone marking the site of the Jefferson Pier.

The Dixie Motel

Sleep on the Mason-Dixon Line

This six-room 50's era motel and gas station sits on Rt. 40 at the summit of Winding Ridge in Addison Township, Pennsylvania.

The Star-Gazers' Stone

 The Anchor of the Mason-Dixon Line

The Southernmost House in Philadelphia -- 1763

The Starting-Point of the Mason-Dixon Survey

In 1763, a century of sometimes violent conflict between the Calverts and Penns had ended and the boundaries between their Pennsylvania and Maryland proprietaries were fixed. To ensure that Philadelphia remained in Pennsylvania, the boundary was set 15 miles south of the southernmost house in Philadelphia. Astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired by the sons of William Penn and and the degenerate Lord Baltmore, Frederick Calvert, to mark the boundaries.

Lucy the Margate Elephant

Lucy the elephant has loomed over the beach at Margate New Jersey since 1881.