Yellows Banks
Yellows Banks is a cliff in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Father White Memorial, a park 0.2 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 1 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Father White Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Townhouse Greens: 0.6 mi
- Admissions Field: 0.6 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 1.0 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Park: 1.7 mi
- Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- "On Watch": 8.8 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 10.1 mi
- Seated Woman: 10.1 mi
- Resting: 10.1 mi
- St. John's Site (Historic St. Mary's City): 0.6 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 0.9 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 1.1 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center: 1.2 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 3.4 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 6.1 mi
- Saint George Island Beach: 6.3 mi
- Saint Jerome Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lane Beach: 7.3 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 8.4 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 5.4 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 8.6 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 12.9 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 5.8 mi
- Shingle Hill: 14.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 16.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 18.0 mi
- Thompson Hill: 18.4 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 0.7 mi
- Margaret Brent Pilgrimage: 0.8 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 1.0 mi
- African American Monument: 4.7 mi
- Confederate Monument: 8.2 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Malone's Church: 23.4 mi
- Eagle Nest: 24.9 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 0.7 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellows Banks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | WSW 242° | 55 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pantico Hill | WSW 242° | 52 m | 22.0 mi |
| Sexton Hill | WSW 237° | 52 m | 23.3 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | W 263° | 50 m | 21.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 250° | 48 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Airy | W 263° | 47 m | 19.3 mi |
| Finchs Hill | WSW 254° | 47 m | 24.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 241° | 46 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
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 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Inigoes Webster Nolf, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358243680
Day trips start here
- St. Mary's City · 1 mi
- Lexington Park · 4 mi
- Solomons · 10 mi
- Point Lookout · 12 mi
- Leonardtown · 13 mi
- Hooper's Island · 14 mi
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