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Port Sunlight Beach

Port Sunlight Beach from directly overhead

Port Sunlight Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States

Wikidata Q49323552, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.23124, -76.74413

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 28
  • Mount Airy: 5.1 mi
  • Clifton Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Chantilly Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Kentucky Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
  • "On Watch": 16.9 mi
  • A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 17.6 mi
  • Big Skull II: 17.7 mi
  • Seated Woman: 17.7 mi
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 18
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Garden of Remembrance: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Port Sunlight Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock Springs HillSSW 196°55 m13.8 mi
China HillSW 218°54 m12.2 mi
New Richmond HillWSW 239°52 m12.7 mi
Pantico HillS 191°52 m12.9 mi
Grants HillWSW 240°52 m13.9 mi
Sexton HillS 190°52 m15.2 mi
Kentucky HillSW 222°50 m6.5 mi
Stony HillSSW 207°48 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4519:5520:34
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:2116:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384048586674787670604941
Precip in3.02.63.73.23.94.44.75.04.14.03.33.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warsaw 2 NW, 17 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Colton Point, Md., MD, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358247719

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