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Port Tobacco Courthouse

Port Tobacco Courthouse from directly overhead

Port Tobacco Courthouse is a museum in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Good Hope Hill stands 84 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Tobacco Historic District, a park 0.2 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49545115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.51125, -77.02043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Boarman Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: 8.0 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 12.7 mi
  • Belvoir Manor: 13.0 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Artworks: 47
Museums: 31
Attractions: 23
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 14.1 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 14.1 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 14.2 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 14.2 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 14.0 mi
  • Lower Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Upper Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Potomac Shores Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 14.4 mi
  • Veterans Park: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 17.7 mi
  • Treehouse: 18.7 mi
  • Area 4: 22.5 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Rose Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Ellenboro Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Ravens Crest: 8.6 mi
  • Stretchmark Hill: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.9 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coe Creek: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Port Tobacco Courthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Good Hope HillN 7°84 m24.8 mi
Bald Eagle HillN 1°51 m21.5 mi
Talliaferro MountSSW 211°49 m24.7 mi
Rose HillNW 326°48 m0.8 mi
Stretchmark HillW 265°44 m10.3 mi
Shooters HillN 353°44 m20.9 mi
Bunker HillSSE 161°38 m8.2 mi
Ellenboro HillSSE 159°37 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:36
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586675797871594940
Precip in2.72.43.63.23.63.54.64.23.43.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quantico Mcas, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1125674647

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