Costen House Museum
Costen House Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Corner Sanctuary, a garden 0.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cypress Park: 0.3 mi
- Newtown Park: 1.5 mi
- Milburn Landing State Park: 5.6 mi
- Wellington Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- Stockton Park: 8.3 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.9 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.2 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest - Dunn Swamp Complex: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 2.5 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 0.2 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 11.4 mi
- Julia A Purnell Museum: 11.6 mi
- Museum of Chincoteague Island: 15.6 mi
- Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Sound Shore: 10.2 mi
- Langford Sand: 13.0 mi
- Wallops Beach: 16.2 mi
- Bow Beach: 16.3 mi
- Guard Shore: 16.9 mi
- Makemie Monument: 10.4 mi
- Section 2: 11.3 mi
- Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Crossing the Bar: 14.8 mi
- SS Marine Electric: 14.8 mi
- Backbone Hill: 13.3 mi
- Cherrytree Hill: 15.7 mi
- Dunker Hill: 17.2 mi
- Ryles Hill: 24.2 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 0.3 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 1.1 mi
- Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center: 16.2 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 23.5 mi
- Horse: 14.1 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Costen House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | NNW 347° | 12 m | 13.3 mi |
| Ryles Hill | NW 316° | 4 m | 24.2 mi |
| Dunker Hill | NW 320° | 3 m | 17.2 mi |
| Cherrytree Hill | ESE 112° | 1 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallops IS Nasa Test Facility, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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