Chesapeake Fire Museum
Chesapeake Fire Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hebron Lions Park: 1.0 mi
- Edgewood Park: 1.1 mi
- Cedarhurst Playground: 2.3 mi
- Crooked Oak Playground: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Village Playground: 3.2 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.2 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 3.7 mi
- Burnett Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 3.7 mi
- Chesapeake Fire Museum: 0.0 mi
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: 7.1 mi
- Bethel Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 14.6 mi
- Seaford Museum: 15.9 mi
- Backbone Hill: 11.0 mi
- Dunker Hill: 11.7 mi
- Delia Hill: 12.7 mi
- Ryles Hill: 12.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 17.5 mi
- Section 2: 13.3 mi
- Skip Gardner: 13.6 mi
- Bethel Church: 17.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 24.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 24.2 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 24.0 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 24.2 mi
- Cambridge Community Garden: 24.4 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 4.6 mi
- Eagle Nest: 22.2 mi
- Stanley Institute: 24.8 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 10.5 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 14.5 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 20.7 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 6.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 24.2 mi
- North Laurel: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chesapeake Fire Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | SSE 165° | 12 m | 11.0 mi |
| Ryles Hill | WSW 240° | 4 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sand Hill | W 281° | 4 m | 17.5 mi |
| Dunker Hill | SSW 207° | 3 m | 11.7 mi |
| Delia Hill | W 275° | 3 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury 2N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367799290
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 24 mi
- Eastern Shore · 30 mi
- Hooper's Island · 30 mi
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