Naval Surface Warfare Center Max Test Range
| military, firing range
USA /
Maryland /
Leonardtown /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Leonardtown
World / United States / Virginia
military, firing range
At a distance of 25 miles from the 'gun line' at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, this marks the maximum peacetime range which can be reached by weapons being tested at the facility.
The large distance was required for full-powder charge testing of Battleship rifles, most notably the Mark 7 16"/50cal Naval Guns installed on the Iowa Class of Battleships, which have a range of over 23 nautical miles.
The large distance was required for full-powder charge testing of Battleship rifles, most notably the Mark 7 16"/50cal Naval Guns installed on the Iowa Class of Battleships, which have a range of over 23 nautical miles.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°10'2"N 76°36'56"W
- Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NHK/KNHK) 21 km
- NSWC Dahlgren Division Downrange Impact Area 40 km
- Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) 45 km
- Brandywine Receiver Site 63 km
- Fort Walker 68 km
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head 71 km
- Marine Corps Base, Quantico, OCS 76 km
- Fort Belvoir - South Post 78 km
- Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) 78 km
- Fort Belvoir - North Post 81 km
- St. Mary's County, Maryland 6.5 km
- Spence's Point 10 km
- St. Marys River State Park 14 km
- Westmoreland County, Virginia 16 km
- Lexington Park, Maryland 18 km
- California, Maryland 18 km
- Richmond County, Virginia 27 km
- Point Lookout State Park 28 km
- Northumberland County, Virginia 39 km
- Dorchester County, Maryland 52 km