Mount Vernon Beach
Mount Vernon Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Vernon Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Somerset County, Maryland, United States.
Wikidata Q49322102, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Vernon Park: 0.3 mi
- Ellis Bay Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Whitehaven Historic District: 2.9 mi
- Roaring Point Park: 4.5 mi
- Deal Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 8.2 mi
- Chesapeake Fire Museum: 14.5 mi
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: 16.1 mi
- Nature Center: 16.3 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 18.6 mi
- Dunker Hill: 3.7 mi
- Ryles Hill: 5.8 mi
- Backbone Hill: 11.6 mi
- Delia Hill: 13.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 7.5 mi
- Langford Sand: 19.4 mi
- Sound Shore: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 24.7 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 18.6 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 18.7 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 17.6 mi
- Eagle Nest: 18.8 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 20.0 mi
- Section 2: 10.4 mi
- Makemie Monument: 24.3 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Vernon Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | E 85° | 12 m | 11.6 mi |
| Ryles Hill | NNW 336° | 4 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 330° | 4 m | 17.2 mi |
| Dunker Hill | ENE 71° | 3 m | 3.7 mi |
| Delia Hill | NNW 343° | 3 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 16 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Whitehaven, MD, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358239546
Day trips start here
- Hooper's Island · 20 mi
- Cambridge · 26 mi
- Point Lookout · 30 mi
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