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New Market

New Market from directly overhead

New Market is a ghost town in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Square, a park 1.5 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 23 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

former settlement in Delaware, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80720, -75.39690

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Square: 1.5 mi
  • Governor's Walk: 5.0 mi
  • Mill Park: 5.0 mi
  • Milton Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mispillion Walkway Park: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 39
Nature reserves: 36
Museums: 27
  • Georgetown Fire Co. Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Georgetown Train Station Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Georgetown Historical Society: 9.4 mi
  • Telephone Museum: 9.4 mi
  • School House: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Bottom Hills: 21.9 mi
  • Opossum Hill: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Market. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillW 266°18 m22.1 mi
Bottom HillsSE 127°0 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1716:0216:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373946566574797770594941
Precip in3.02.63.93.33.64.14.14.04.54.13.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown-delaware Coastal AP, 8 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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