Camp Whippoorwill
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Camp Whippoorwill is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Harbors Peninsula Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Roots and Tides Byway passes 7.4 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 11.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.5 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 13.2 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rappe's Overlook · 12 mi
- Elephant Overlook · 17 mi
- Friction Wall Overlook · 19 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Harbors Peninsula Park: 1.6 mi
- Jacobsville Park: 1.7 mi
- Cypress Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Baltimore & Annapolis Trail: 1.7 mi
- Cattail Creek Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 1.7 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 2.3 mi
- Magothy Greenway: 2.4 mi
- Belleview Estates HOA: 2.7 mi
- Longhill Fire Tower: 3.8 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Kimwood Farm House: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Garden Plaque 1: 4.5 mi
- Memorial Garden Plaque 2: 4.5 mi
- Belvoir Manor: 5.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Mother's Garden: 4.9 mi
- Tawe's Garden: 7.3 mi
- Rainwater Garden: 7.6 mi
- State Senator Michael J. Wagner Tribute Garden: 9.7 mi
- Elvaton Station: 4.1 mi
- Globe Theater: 6.8 mi
- Royal Stage: 6.8 mi
- Lyric Stage: 6.9 mi
- Market Stage: 7.0 mi
- Be with Me Playseum: 7.1 mi
- Naval Academy Museum: 7.6 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum: 7.9 mi
- Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History: 7.9 mi
- Museum of Historic Annapolis: 8.0 mi
- Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Unity: 10.0 mi
- A Bird Flying North: 10.3 mi
- Baltimore Love Project Mural: 10.5 mi
- Propel: 10.6 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 3.8 mi
- Pines on the Severn Community Beach: 4.7 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 4.7 mi
- Dog Beach: 5.1 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 5.4 mi
- H: 12.9 mi
- G: 12.9 mi
- F: 12.9 mi
- Avalon Area: 14.4 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 14.9 mi
- Eagle Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Misery: 2.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 12.1 mi
- German Hill: 13.1 mi
- Federal Hill: 13.9 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 4.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 18.4 mi
- Stony Bar Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 18.5 mi
- Quarry (former): 18.6 mi
- Crises Spring: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 17.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 20.9 mi
- Marble Springs: 22.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.1 mi
- failed mill dam: 16.1 mi
- Round Falls: 17.0 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 8.2 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Whippoorwill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NW 314° | 169 m | 20.4 mi |
| Abell Ridge | NNW 345° | 155 m | 23.0 mi |
| Satyr Hill | N 357° | 151 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cub Hill | N 0° | 147 m | 22.3 mi |
| Luskins Hill | N 354° | 144 m | 21.6 mi |
| Church on the Rock | N 354° | 135 m | 21.7 mi |
| Putty Hill | N 2° | 98 m | 19.9 mi |
| Lawyers Hill | NW 308° | 81 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Annapolis Police Brks, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Severna Park · 2 mi
- Glen Burnie · 7 mi
- Linthicum · 11 mi
- Baltimore/South Baltimore · 12 mi
- Baltimore/Southeast Baltimore · 13 mi
- Hanover · 13 mi
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