Sandyland Beach
Sandyland Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Poseys Bluff, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 3.5 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA.
Wikidata Q49324627, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 25.7 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abell's Wharf: 3.3 mi
- Indian Village Archeological Park: 3.3 mi
- Saint Mary's Fairground: 5.0 mi
- Saint Clement's Shores Park: 5.0 mi
- Saint Clement Shores Park: 5.1 mi
- Mount Airy: 7.5 mi
- Clifton Hill: 8.1 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 8.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 9.3 mi
- Kentucky Hill: 9.6 mi
- Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- "On Watch": 13.5 mi
- Seated Woman: 14.5 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 14.5 mi
- Girl with Braids: 14.5 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 4.8 mi
- Potomac River Maritime Exhibit: 9.0 mi
- Piney Point Light House Museum: 9.0 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 10.2 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 11.6 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 4.6 mi
- Lane Beach: 5.2 mi
- Ragged Point Beach: 5.7 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 9.5 mi
- Fossil Beach: 10.9 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 10.8 mi
- African American Monument: 11.9 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 12.6 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 13.2 mi
- M.M. Davis Shipyard: 13.2 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 8.0 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 8.5 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 11.6 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 12.8 mi
- Sotterley: 13.2 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Yellows Banks: 12.5 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 12.5 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandyland Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SW 214° | 55 m | 14.7 mi |
| China Hill | SW 235° | 54 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSW 211° | 52 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SSW 207° | 52 m | 15.5 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | WSW 250° | 52 m | 16.3 mi |
| Grants Hill | WSW 251° | 52 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 247° | 50 m | 9.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | SW 227° | 48 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Solomons, 14 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Colton Point, Md., MD, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358247788
Day trips start here
- Leonardtown · 5 mi
- Cobb Island · 10 mi
- Westmoreland County · 10 mi
- Lexington Park · 12 mi
- Southern Maryland · 13 mi
- St. Mary's City · 13 mi
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