Gibson Island Beach
Gibson Island Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother's Garden, a garden 1.9 miles away. Roots and Tides Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Wikidata Q49320800, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 15.1 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 15.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rappe's Overlook · 16 mi
- Elephant Overlook · 20 mi
- Friction Wall Overlook · 23 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mother's Garden: 1.9 mi
- Rainwater Garden: 8.0 mi
- Tawe's Garden: 8.1 mi
- Community Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Garden of Queen Anne: 8.9 mi
- Downs Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Kenneth B. Nash Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Main Beach: 2.6 mi
- Cape Saint Claire Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Spriggs Farm Park: 3.3 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 3.0 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 3.2 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 3.8 mi
- Camp Whippoorwill: 5.4 mi
- Belleview Estates HOA: 6.0 mi
- Kimwood Farm House: 4.4 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Willie McCool Memorial Marker: 6.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Still on Patrol: 7.7 mi
- Naval Academy Museum: 7.8 mi
- Museum of Historic Annapolis: 8.2 mi
- Victualling Warehouse Maritime Museum: 8.2 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum: 8.3 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History: 8.3 mi
- Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Unity: 13.2 mi
- A Bird Flying North: 13.6 mi
- Baltimore Love Project Mural: 13.7 mi
- Goku Statue Display: 13.8 mi
- F-4A Phantom II: 7.7 mi
- EA-6B Growler: 7.7 mi
- F-14A Tomcat: 7.7 mi
- Todd Farmhouse: 9.0 mi
- M60: 9.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 2.2 mi
- Main Beach: 2.7 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 2.8 mi
- Pines on the Severn Community Beach: 6.5 mi
- Lindamoor Community Beach: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Hill: 3.4 mi
- Mount Misery: 6.5 mi
- Tank Hill: 13.8 mi
- German Hill: 14.4 mi
- Federal Hill: 16.8 mi
- H: 11.7 mi
- G: 11.7 mi
- F: 11.7 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 19.0 mi
- Avalon Area: 19.0 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Blackbeards Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.1 mi
- failed mill dam: 19.5 mi
- Round Falls: 19.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
- Crises Spring: 20.3 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 20.5 mi
- Marble Springs: 24.1 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 10.4 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gibson Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NW 306° | 169 m | 24.8 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNW 344° | 151 m | 23.1 mi |
| Cub Hill | NNW 347° | 147 m | 23.3 mi |
| Luskins Hill | NNW 341° | 144 m | 23.2 mi |
| Church on the Rock | NNW 341° | 135 m | 23.2 mi |
| Putty Hill | NNW 347° | 98 m | 20.8 mi |
| Lawyers Hill | WNW 299° | 81 m | 18.7 mi |
| Chapel Hill | N 358° | 78 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 | 05:41 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
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 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Annapolis US Naval Academy ASO, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cornfield Creek, Magothy River, MD, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358238832
Day trips start here
- Severna Park · 8 mi
- Rock Hall · 10 mi
- Glen Burnie · 11 mi
- Kent Island · 11 mi
- Baltimore/South Baltimore · 15 mi
- Baltimore/Southeast Baltimore · 15 mi
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