Calvert Marine Museum
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Calvert Marine Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Kentucky Hill stands 50 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Drum Point Lighthouse, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Calvert Marine Museum is a museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes:
paleontology of Maryland, estuarine life of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, maritime history.
Among its exhibits are the Drum Point Light, the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison, and the J. C. Lore Oyster House; the latter two are National Historic Landmarks. It also houses artifacts from the old Cedar Point Light, and maintains the Drum Point Light and grounds. The museum also features several aquatic exhibits including an outdoor habitat for their North American river otters, and indoor aquarium exhibits for the sting ray, skates, the non-native lionfish, and numerous other species native to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1970.
Wikidata Q5024271, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 10 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Myrtle Point Park: 1.8 mi
- Town Creek Park: 2.5 mi
- Town Creek Park: 2.5 mi
- Dunleigh Neighborhood Park: 3.0 mi
- Hollywood Soccer Complex: 4.2 mi
- "On Watch": 0.6 mi
- Seated Woman: 1.1 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 1.1 mi
- Resting: 1.1 mi
- Standing Nude: 1.1 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 0.8 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 4.4 mi
- Sotterley: 5.0 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 9.2 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 2.4 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 5.4 mi
- Long Beach: 9.3 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 9.7 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 0.5 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 5.2 mi
- Cove Point Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
- Fisherman's Cabin: 8.2 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 0.1 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 0.5 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 0.5 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 0.5 mi
- M.M. Davis Shipyard: 0.7 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Yellows Banks: 9.3 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Fort Hill: 7.3 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 14.8 mi
- Mount Airy: 20.9 mi
- Clifton Hill: 21.4 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 21.6 mi
- Malone's Church: 17.4 mi
- Eagle Nest: 21.7 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 23.5 mi
- Stanley Institute: 24.5 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 0.1 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Calvert Marine Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 239° | 50 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 237° | 47 m | 20.9 mi |
| Clifton Hill | WSW 237° | 46 m | 21.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 218° | 46 m | 22.6 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | SW 235° | 45 m | 21.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 223° | 42 m | 22.2 mi |
| Fort Hill | N 354° | 35 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shingle Hill | SSW 199° | 31 m | 22.3 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 | 20:34 |
| 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/290035211
Day trips start here
- Solomons · 0 mi
- Lexington Park · 5 mi
- Leonardtown · 10 mi
- St. Mary's City · 10 mi
- Hooper's Island · 14 mi
- Prince Frederick · 16 mi
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