Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center
Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Rose Hill stands 48 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
nature center located adjacent to Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary
Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q65679928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1980
What to expect
- Operated by
- Calvert County Natural Resources Division
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.5 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 22 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 27 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Gray's Road Dog Park: 0.5 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp County Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Hallowing Point District Park: 2.6 mi
- Pimlico Park: 2.9 mi
- Marseille: 12.5 mi
- A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 12.5 mi
- Greenberg Variations: 12.5 mi
- Cluster of Four Cubes: 12.5 mi
- The Council Ring: 12.5 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Gatewood Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Maxwell Hall Natural Resource Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Sotterley: 8.3 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 9.0 mi
- Arthur Storer Planetarium;Spaceflight America Museum and Science Center: 4.3 mi
- Fisherman's Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 8.3 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 13.0 mi
- Cove Point Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Corncrib: 4.1 mi
- Lemuel-Wallace House: 4.1 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 13.5 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 13.5 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 6.2 mi
- Long Beach: 6.7 mi
- Breezy Point Beach: 10.0 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 13.4 mi
- Brownie's Beach: 13.5 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 7.2 mi
- Ellenboro Hill: 21.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 21.5 mi
- Ravens Crest: 22.3 mi
- Rose Hill: 23.7 mi
- Malone's Church: 20.3 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 22.1 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 23.2 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 23.7 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 13.0 mi
- Wilson: 17.2 mi
- Patuxent Park Pavillion: 19.1 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | W 275° | 48 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Airy | SSW 205° | 47 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WSW 253° | 38 m | 21.5 mi |
| Ellenboro Hill | WSW 254° | 37 m | 21.2 mi |
| Fort Hill | ESE 121° | 35 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ravens Crest | WSW 252° | 30 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:08 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/302344090
Day trips start here
- Prince Frederick · 4 mi
- Solomons · 13 mi
- Chesapeake Beach · 14 mi
- Leonardtown · 14 mi
- Southern Maryland · 14 mi
- Lexington Park · 18 mi
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