Sandy Hill Beach
Sandy Hill Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States.
Wikidata Q49324620, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wetipquin Park: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Hill Park: 3.5 mi
- Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Whitehaven Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Pirate's Wharf Park: 6.1 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.6 mi
- Weston Farms Conservation Easement: 3.1 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 3.3 mi
- Nanticoke River Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest - Greenhill (North) Complex: 3.3 mi
- Chesapeake Fire Museum: 10.5 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 13.5 mi
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: 15.3 mi
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 15.7 mi
- East New Market Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Ryles Hill: 2.5 mi
- Delia Hill: 6.1 mi
- Dunker Hill: 7.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 10.6 mi
- Backbone Hill: 14.1 mi
- Eagle Nest: 13.7 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 14.8 mi
- Stanley Institute: 18.8 mi
- Malone's Church: 21.8 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 24.0 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Cambridge Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 24.6 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 24.7 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 7.5 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 17.5 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 13.5 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 19.1 mi
- Section 2: 14.4 mi
- Skip Gardner: 20.7 mi
- North Laurel: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy Hill Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | ESE 117° | 12 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ryles Hill | SSW 213° | 4 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sand Hill | NW 314° | 4 m | 10.6 mi |
| Delia Hill | NNW 330° | 3 m | 6.1 mi |
| Dunker Hill | SE 145° | 3 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vienna, 9 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Whitehaven, MD, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358246141
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 19 mi
- Hooper's Island · 20 mi
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