Milestone in Radio History
Milestone in Radio History is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobb Island Community Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway runs past it. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Here, on Cobb Island, in December, 1900, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, assisted by Frank W. Very, while experimenting in wireless telephony, for the first time sent and received intelligible speech by electromagnetic waves between two masts 50 feet high and
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maryland Historical Society
How to reach it
- On the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 19.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobb Island Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Southern Park: 1.8 mi
- Seventh District Community Park: 5.1 mi
- Town Hill: 6.1 mi
- Eleanor Park: 6.1 mi
- Kentucky Hill: 7.1 mi
- Mount Airy: 7.4 mi
- Clifton Hill: 7.7 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 8.1 mi
- Flamstard Hill: 8.9 mi
- Lighthouse: 20.6 mi
- "On Watch": 21.9 mi
- A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 22.4 mi
- Core: 22.4 mi
- Big Skull II: 22.4 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 6.0 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 11.5 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 18.6 mi
- Potomac River Maritime Exhibit: 19.5 mi
- Piney Point Light House Museum: 19.5 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 4.6 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 6.2 mi
- The Sands: 6.2 mi
- Fossil Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 10.8 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 9.6 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 12.6 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area: 16.9 mi
- Former DNR: 16.9 mi
- Sotterley: 18.9 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 6.5 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 12.4 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 21.6 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 22.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Milestone in Radio History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | S 172° | 55 m | 15.5 mi |
| China Hill | S 188° | 54 m | 11.8 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | SSW 210° | 52 m | 10.0 mi |
| Grants Hill | SW 215° | 52 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSE 167° | 52 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sexton Hill | S 169° | 52 m | 17.3 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | SSE 168° | 50 m | 7.1 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | W 260° | 49 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mechanicsville 5 NE, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6268989253
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 0 mi
- Southern Maryland · 8 mi
- Westmoreland County · 11 mi
- Leonardtown · 12 mi
- La Plata · 20 mi
- Lexington Park · 22 mi
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