Food Garden
Food Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen Decatur Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stephen Decatur Park: 0.0 mi
- Stephen Decatur Monument: 0.2 mi
- Henry Park: 0.3 mi
- John Howard Burbage Park: 0.4 mi
- Northern Worcester Athletic Complex: 0.8 mi
- Newport Farms Conservation Easement: 3.5 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.8 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 4.4 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 4.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- CG-41300: 6.8 mi
- Anchor: 6.9 mi
- Ocean City: 6.9 mi
- The Mermaid Museum: 0.3 mi
- Ghost Museum: 0.3 mi
- Calvin B. Taylor House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Rackliffe House: 6.0 mi
- Ocean City Life Saving Station: 6.9 mi
- Berlin Commercial Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Freak Out: 6.9 mi
- Speedway: 6.9 mi
- Happy Swing: 6.9 mi
- Wacky Worm: 6.9 mi
- Old Starting Gate: 3.7 mi
- Shark: 4.7 mi
- Tractor: 5.9 mi
- Triceratops: 16.6 mi
- Spinosaurus: 16.6 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 8.6 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 8.6 mi
- Cape Windsor: 11.7 mi
- Maryland Beach: 12.4 mi
- Fenwick Beach: 13.6 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 4.6 mi
- Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 16.7 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Bottom Hills: 21.8 mi
- Backbone Hill: 22.6 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Food Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | W 259° | 12 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | SSW 191° | 1 m | 23.6 mi |
| Bottom Hills | NNE 21° | 0 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocean City Muni AP, 5 mi away.
- Northern Shoveler37 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- red deadnettle24 obs
- Gadwall23 obs
- Ring-necked Duck19 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- Hooded Merganser18 obs
- Painted Turtle18 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/550166873
Day trips start here
- Rehoboth Beach · 28 mi
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