Ghost town · Maryland

Wilson

Wilson from directly overhead

Wilson is a ghost town in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Good Hope Hill stands 84 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Route 260 Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Roots and Tides Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Calvert County, Maryland, United States of America

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Coordinates38.73750, -76.62610

1.9 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
4.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
13.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
22.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National

Overlooks nearby

Fort Washington Overlook · 23 mi
Viewing Area · 26 mi
Freedom Park Viewpoint · 26 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 29 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Route 260 Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
Cross Point Homeowners recreation area: 1.7 mi
Friendship Pond Park: 2.0 mi
Lyons Creek Overlook Neighborhood Park: 2.3 mi
Deale-Tracys Park: 3.5 mi

Museums

The American Indian Village at Patuxent River Park: 4.2 mi
Patuxent Rural Life Museums: 5.2 mi
Bayside History Museum: 5.4 mi
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum: 6.0 mi
Galesville Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi

Historic sites

Columbia Air Center: 4.6 mi
World War I Monument: 8.6 mi
Archbishop John Carroll: 8.6 mi
Railroad Monument: 8.7 mi
William Beanes Gravesite: 8.8 mi

Attractions

Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
Billingsley House Museum: 6.3 mi
Prince George's Equestrian Center: 8.2 mi
Show Place Arena: 8.3 mi
Surratt House: 14.7 mi

Artworks

Ecphora: 5.5 mi
Cecil: 5.5 mi
Tadpole: 5.5 mi
Sunburst: 5.5 mi
Beach On My Mind: 5.5 mi

Gardens

Rainwater Garden: 18.4 mi
Tawe's Garden: 18.4 mi
East Capitol Urban Farm: 18.8 mi
Community Garden Plots (NPS): 19.9 mi
Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 20.0 mi

Nature reserves55

Hall Creek Natural Resource Management Area: 4.5 mi
Croom Natural Resource Management Area: 5.4 mi
Glendening Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
Glendening Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
Jug Bay Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner: 6.1 mi

Beaches21

Brownie's Beach: 6.4 mi
Bare Neck Shore: 9.3 mi
Breezy Point Beach: 10.1 mi
Triton Beach: 12.2 mi
Mayo Beach: 13.0 mi

Peaks13

Good Hope Hill: 20.2 mi
Lowndes Hill: 21.5 mi
Bald Eagle Hill: 21.5 mi
Hickey Hill: 21.5 mi
Mount Hamilton: 22.2 mi

Cliffs10

Picnic sites9

Lighthouses1

Thomas Point Shoal Light: 15.1 mi

Springs1

Indian Springs: 23.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Good Hope Hill	WNW 297°	84 m	20.2 mi
Mount Hamilton	WNW 302°	72 m	22.2 mi
Bunker Hill	NW 305°	71 m	23.8 mi
Round Hill	NW 304°	61 m	23.5 mi
Hoover Hill	NW 307°	56 m	23.2 mi
Mount Saint Sepulchre	NW 306°	56 m	23.8 mi
Barnard Hill	NW 307°	54 m	23.2 mi
Bald Eagle Hill	WNW 286°	51 m	21.5 mi

Conditions

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Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:11	18:44	19:19
June solstice	05:43	19:56	20:35
September equinox	06:55	18:30	19:05
December solstice	07:22	16:07	16:49

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	34	36	44	55	64	73	78	76	69	57	47	38
Precip in	3.0	2.7	3.9	3.4	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.1	3.3	3.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 11 mi away.

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