M.M. Davis Shipyard
M.M. Davis Shipyard is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Kentucky Hill stands 50 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- On the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 9 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Myrtle Point Park: 2.2 mi
- Town Creek Park: 2.2 mi
- Dunleigh Neighborhood Park: 2.5 mi
- Nicolet Park: 3.8 mi
- Elmer Brown Freedom Park: 4.0 mi
- "On Watch": 0.3 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 1.6 mi
- Seated Woman: 1.6 mi
- Resting: 1.6 mi
- Standing Nude: 1.6 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 0.2 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 0.7 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 3.2 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 5.8 mi
- Cove Point Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 2.1 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 2.8 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 5.7 mi
- Long Beach: 9.9 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 10.3 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 0.3 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 5.0 mi
- Sotterley: 5.6 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 9.5 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 9.8 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 0.1 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 0.2 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 0.2 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 0.4 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Yellows Banks: 8.7 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Fort Hill: 7.9 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 14.1 mi
- Mount Airy: 20.7 mi
- Clifton Hill: 21.3 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 21.5 mi
- Malone's Church: 17.6 mi
- Eagle Nest: 21.7 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 23.8 mi
- Stanley Institute: 24.7 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 9.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of M.M. Davis Shipyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 241° | 50 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 239° | 47 m | 20.7 mi |
| Clifton Hill | WSW 238° | 46 m | 21.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 220° | 46 m | 22.3 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | WSW 237° | 45 m | 21.5 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 225° | 42 m | 22.0 mi |
| Fort Hill | N 353° | 35 m | 7.9 mi |
| Shingle Hill | SSW 200° | 31 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:08 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Solomons, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9557508945
Day trips start here
- Solomons · 1 mi
- Lexington Park · 4 mi
- St. Mary's City · 9 mi
- Leonardtown · 10 mi
- Hooper's Island · 14 mi
- Prince Frederick · 17 mi
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