Garrett Island Beach
Garrett Island Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Felix stands 142 m to the west, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ice House Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway runs past it. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Island in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q5523906, matched on coordinates and name (475 m apart).
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Lower Susquehanna Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- King & Queen Seat · 18 mi
- Ma & Pa Trestle · 25 mi
- Loch Raven Dam · 26 mi
- Overshot Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ice House Park: 0.2 mi
- Roundhouse Park: 0.6 mi
- McLhinney Park: 0.8 mi
- Jean S Roberts Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- David R. Craig Park: 1.0 mi
- Mullins Park: 4.4 mi
- Caveat Forest Legacy Easement: 6.4 mi
- Dilks Forest Legacy Easement: 8.6 mi
- Rising Sun Pond Fish Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Elk River Associates Forest Legacy Easement: 9.2 mi
- Ice Storage: 0.4 mi
- The Lock House: 0.9 mi
- The Lafayette Trail: 0.9 mi
- Lafayette: 1.0 mi
- Havre de Grace: 1.7 mi
- Hand: 0.8 mi
- Big Fish, School of Fish: 1.7 mi
- Eagle: 10.6 mi
- Kites of Bel Air (HoH): 13.5 mi
- Berrilicious (HoH): 13.8 mi
- Community Connecting Us - Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Polinator Garden: 5.0 mi
- Jen Alexander's Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Evergreen Garden: 13.9 mi
- Shade Garden: 13.9 mi
- Mount Ararat: 2.2 mi
- Mount Felix: 2.5 mi
- Foys Hill: 4.6 mi
- Bull Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Boothby Hill: 7.1 mi
- Perryville Railroad Museum: 0.7 mi
- Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House: 0.8 mi
- Light Keeper's House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Havre de Grace Colored School Museum & Cultural Center: 1.7 mi
- Maritime Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Eye: 2.5 mi
- White Banks: 7.6 mi
- Green Quarry: 12.6 mi
- Wildcat Point: 12.8 mi
- ZP16: 23.2 mi
- Roachs Shore: 6.3 mi
- North East Beach Area: 7.0 mi
- Belcamp Beach: 10.6 mi
- Betterton Beach: 13.4 mi
- Miami Beach: 23.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Speedway: 12.8 mi
- Herrs Potato Chip Factory: 12.9 mi
- Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Robert Fulton Birthplace: 16.9 mi
- Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III): 18.1 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Wilson's Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Hills Grove Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Lapidum: 3.3 mi
- Frenchtown: 13.0 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 13.1 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 20.9 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 14.9 mi
- Kilgore Falls: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garrett Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Felix | W 279° | 142 m | 2.5 mi |
| Face Rock | NW 325° | 136 m | 20.9 mi |
| Goat Hill | N 359° | 135 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Ararat | N 356° | 134 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Vista | WSW 250° | 131 m | 21.1 mi |
| Egg Hill | ENE 56° | 125 m | 11.8 mi |
| Kilgores Rocks | WNW 296° | 123 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Friar | NW 325° | 116 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conowingo DAM, 8 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.9 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Havre de Grace, MD, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/243815275
Day trips start here
- Havre de Grace · 1 mi
- Perryville · 1 mi
- Aberdeen · 6 mi
- Bel Air · 14 mi
- Chesapeake City · 15 mi
- Edgewood · 15 mi
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