Port Sunlight Beach
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
- 0.6 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 15.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 16.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 25.5 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Clement's Shores Park: 4.3 mi
- Saint Clement Shores Park: 4.3 mi
- Seventh District Community Park: 4.5 mi
- Abell's Wharf: 5.7 mi
- Indian Village Archeological Park: 5.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 0.5 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Potomac River Maritime Exhibit: 13.4 mi
- Piney Point Light House Museum: 13.4 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 14.8 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 6.2 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 10.1 mi
- African American Monument: 16.1 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 16.6 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 4.6 mi
- Fossil Beach: 7.4 mi
- The Sands: 8.3 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 9.4 mi
- Ragged Point Beach: 9.4 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 8.9 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 13.0 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 14.8 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 15.0 mi
- Sotterley: 15.2 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SSW 196° | 55 m | 13.8 mi |
| China Hill | SW 218° | 54 m | 12.2 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | WSW 239° | 52 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pantico Hill | S 191° | 52 m | 12.9 mi |
| Grants Hill | WSW 240° | 52 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sexton Hill | S 190° | 52 m | 15.2 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | SW 222° | 50 m | 6.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | SSW 207° | 48 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358247719
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 6 mi
- Leonardtown · 7 mi
- Westmoreland County · 9 mi
- Southern Maryland · 10 mi
- Lexington Park · 16 mi
- Solomons · 17 mi
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