Piney Point Beach
Piney Point Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Potomac River Maritime Exhibit, a museum 0.7 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.
Wikidata Q49322532, matched on coordinates and name (581 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Point Landing Park: 0.8 mi
- George B Cecil Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Chancellors Point Natural History Area: 4.4 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Park: 5.2 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 5.5 mi
- Lighthouse: 0.8 mi
- "On Watch": 13.3 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 14.5 mi
- Seated Woman: 14.5 mi
- Resting: 14.5 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 7.8 mi
- Shingle Hill: 9.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 12.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 12.8 mi
- Hogans Hill: 13.0 mi
- Potomac River Maritime Exhibit: 0.7 mi
- Piney Point Light House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 2.8 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 5.4 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center: 5.5 mi
- Saint George Island Beach: 2.4 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 4.5 mi
- Lane Beach: 5.0 mi
- Ragged Point Beach: 5.3 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 9.5 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 5.6 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 6.1 mi
- Confederate Monument: 8.7 mi
- African American Monument: 9.4 mi
- Fort Lincoln: 12.1 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 1.7 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 13.1 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 14.5 mi
- Yellows Banks: 6.1 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 5.6 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piney Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | WSW 247° | 55 m | 17.7 mi |
| China Hill | W 261° | 54 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pantico Hill | WSW 247° | 52 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sexton Hill | WSW 240° | 52 m | 17.3 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | W 269° | 52 m | 23.3 mi |
| Grants Hill | W 269° | 52 m | 24.5 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | W 275° | 50 m | 16.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 258° | 48 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:09 | 16:50 |
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 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Inigoes Webster Nolf, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Piney Point, Md., MD, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1070616319
Day trips start here
- St. Mary's City · 6 mi
- Lexington Park · 9 mi
- Leonardtown · 12 mi
- Point Lookout · 12 mi
- Solomons · 14 mi
- Westmoreland County · 16 mi
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