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Pungy Shipwreck

Pungy Shipwreck from directly overhead

Pungy Shipwreck is an attraction in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the south-southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is B Area Shelter, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Martinak State Park
Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85968, -75.83924

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Martinak State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Camp Mardela: 0.4 mi
  • Denton Elementary School Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sharp Road Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • 4th Street Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 11
  • William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 1.9 mi
  • Tom: 13.8 mi
  • Wye Island: 15.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
  • Queen Anne: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Herb & Polinator Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Cambridge Community Garden: 23.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Opossum Hill: 5.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pungy Shipwreck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillSSE 161°18 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5320:33
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1916:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353643546372777568574739
Precip in3.62.94.03.43.74.24.04.54.84.23.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood 2NE, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/715997587

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