WayfarrowAirport Beach
Ghost town · Baltimore County, Maryland
Airport Beach is a ghost town in Baltimore County, Maryland. It is one of 23 former communities in Baltimore County on the federal names register. No county in Maryland has more among the 24 Maryland counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Airport Beach as a historical populated place on the Middle River topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.2634° N, 76.4383° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Middle River |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3 ft |
| Nearest living town | Essex, MD |
| Distance to it | 2.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 592029 |
| Coordinates | 39.26344, -76.43829 |
What's there now
Airport Beach is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Essex, MD (population 40,670), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Fitzellghost town · Baltimore County · 2.6 mi
- Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Lightlighthouse · Baltimore County · 3.3 mi
- Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Lightlighthouse · Baltimore County · 3.5 mi
- Bayshoreghost town · Baltimore County · 3.5 mi
- Penwood Parkghost town · Baltimore County · 3.7 mi
- Bay Shore Parkghost town · Baltimore County · 3.9 mi
- North Point Range Lightslighthouse · Baltimore County · 4.6 mi
- Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Lightlighthouse · Baltimore County · 4.6 mi
- Darintonghost town · Baltimore County · 4.9 mi
- Fort Carroll Lightlighthouse · Baltimore County · 5.5 mi
- Riverviewghost town · Baltimore (city) County · 5.5 mi
- Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Lightlighthouse · Baltimore County · 5.7 mi
Questions
Where is Airport Beach?
Airport Beach is in Baltimore County, Maryland, at 39.2634, -76.4383.
How many ghost towns are in Baltimore County?
Baltimore County, Maryland has 23 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.