Langford Sand
Langford Sand is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.7 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Crisfield County Club, Inc. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 2.5 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.4 mi
- Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Crisfield Municipal Park: 4.8 mi
- Crisfield Historic District: 4.9 mi
- Wellington Beach and Park: 5.0 mi
- Cedar Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 13.0 mi
- Costen House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum: 14.4 mi
- Sound Shore: 3.4 mi
- Guard Shore: 10.0 mi
- Sound Beach: 16.3 mi
- Wallops Beach: 18.4 mi
- Gargathy Beach: 18.9 mi
- Makemie Monument: 7.7 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 14.4 mi
- Town of Parksley War Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Section 2: 18.7 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 12.9 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 13.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 13.7 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 22.9 mi
- Dunker Hill: 20.2 mi
- Backbone Hill: 21.5 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 14.8 mi
- Horse: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Langford Sand. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | NNE 22° | 12 m | 21.5 mi |
| Dunker Hill | N 359° | 3 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 17 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Ape Hole Creek, Pocomoke Sound, MD, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358241009
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