Wicomico Beach
Wicomico Beach is a beach in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Park, a park 3.5 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Charles County, Maryland, United States
Wikidata Q49325312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 15.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 25 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southern Park: 3.5 mi
- Cobb Island Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Chaptico Park: 4.7 mi
- Crain Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- Seventh District Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.6 mi
- Ravens Crest: 7.7 mi
- Ellenboro Hill: 7.7 mi
- Kentucky Hill: 11.7 mi
- Mount Airy: 11.9 mi
- "On Watch": 22.2 mi
- A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 22.4 mi
- Cluster of Four Cubes: 22.4 mi
- Core: 22.4 mi
- Big Skull II: 22.5 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 5.4 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 12.5 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area: 12.8 mi
- Former DNR: 12.8 mi
- Piney Branch Bog Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 17.0 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 9.4 mi
- Port Tobacco Courthouse: 15.2 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 16.2 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 17.9 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center: 18.6 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 9.4 mi
- The Sands: 10.6 mi
- Fossil Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 13.5 mi
- Lane Beach: 18.5 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 4.6 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 7.7 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 10.3 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 21.7 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wicomico Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | S 172° | 55 m | 20.1 mi |
| China Hill | S 183° | 54 m | 16.3 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | SSW 198° | 52 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grants Hill | SSW 202° | 52 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSE 168° | 52 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sexton Hill | S 169° | 52 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | SSE 169° | 50 m | 11.7 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | WSW 248° | 49 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mechanicsville 5 NE, 14 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Mills Point (south of), Wicomico Riv., Md., MD, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358240861
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 5 mi
- Southern Maryland · 5 mi
- Leonardtown · 13 mi
- La Plata · 15 mi
- Westmoreland County · 15 mi
- Prince Frederick · 21 mi
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