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Frederick-Douglass Maritime Museum

Frederick-Douglass Maritime Museum from directly overhead

Frederick-Douglass Maritime Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Douglass, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27920, -76.59608

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wills Park: 0.1 mi
  • Harbor Point Central Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Under Armour Promenade: 0.3 mi
  • Thames Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Katyn Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Tank Hill: 3.5 mi
  • German Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Bend Hill: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 7.7 mi
  • Avalon Area: 7.8 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 8.3 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 10.1 mi
  • Old Quarry: 10.1 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Crises Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Marble Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frederick-Douglass Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 342°200 m13.1 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 342°191 m15.2 mi
Chestnut HillW 276°169 m10.8 mi
The BunkerNW 308°157 m19.8 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 348°155 m9.4 mi
Satyr HillNNE 18°151 m9.1 mi
Cherry HillNNE 31°149 m16.0 mi
Cub HillNNE 23°147 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5777339053

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