Cove Point Beach
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Cove Point Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Fort Hill stands 35 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Point Lighthouse, a museum 0.4 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Calvert County, Maryland, United States.
Wikidata Q49320453, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 14 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Point Park: 1.9 mi
- BGE Field: 3.8 mi
- Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum: 6.7 mi
- Myrtle Point Park: 6.9 mi
- Town Creek Park: 7.9 mi
- Potomac Rhythm: 4.2 mi
- Castle of the Eye: 4.2 mi
- The Bird, Uranus II: 4.2 mi
- Equation: 4.2 mi
- The Wind: Stainless Steel Monument: 4.2 mi
- Cove Point Lighthouse: 0.4 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 5.4 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 5.6 mi
- Fisherman's Cabin: 6.1 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 8.3 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 5.5 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 7.8 mi
- Sotterley: 8.1 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 11.2 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 3.4 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 4.6 mi
- Long Beach: 7.4 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lane Beach: 15.9 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 5.6 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 5.6 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 5.6 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 5.6 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Yellows Banks: 12.8 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Malone's Church: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Nest: 16.8 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 18.1 mi
- Stanley Institute: 19.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 6.2 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 17.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 22.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 13.6 mi
- Cambridge Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 5.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cove Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hill | NW 307° | 35 m | 6.2 mi |
| Blue Gull Hill | S 177° | 22 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sand Hill | ENE 75° | 4 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Solomons, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.04 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cove Point, MD, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358246650
Day trips start here
- Solomons · 5 mi
- Lexington Park · 9 mi
- Hooper's Island · 11 mi
- St. Mary's City · 13 mi
- Leonardtown · 15 mi
- Prince Frederick · 16 mi
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