Greenwell State Park
Greenwell State Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Kentucky Hill stands 50 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sotterley, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maryland Park Service
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 13 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hollywood Soccer Complex: 2.1 mi
- Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum: 2.4 mi
- Three Notch Park: 3.0 mi
- Myrtle Point Park: 3.0 mi
- Broad Creek Community Park: 3.0 mi
- A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 4.4 mi
- Marseille: 4.5 mi
- Cluster of Four Cubes: 4.5 mi
- Core: 4.5 mi
- Big Skull II: 4.5 mi
- Sotterley: 0.7 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 5.2 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 6.4 mi
- Gatewood Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 0.9 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum: 4.4 mi
- J.C. Lore Oyster House: 4.8 mi
- Fisherman's Cabin: 6.8 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 7.3 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 6.7 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 6.9 mi
- Long Beach: 7.4 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 7.5 mi
- Cove Point Beach: 7.8 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 4.3 mi
- Solomon’s Island: 4.8 mi
- To Those Who Fished The Bay And Built Their Boats: 4.8 mi
- J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House: 4.8 mi
- M.M. Davis Shipyard: 5.0 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 2.1 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 5.4 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 18.6 mi
- Mount Airy: 19.7 mi
- Clifton Hill: 20.3 mi
- Chantilly Hill: 20.6 mi
- Malone's Church: 18.9 mi
- Spocott Windmill: 24.2 mi
- Eagle Nest: 24.5 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greenwell State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Hill | SW 228° | 50 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Airy | SW 225° | 47 m | 19.7 mi |
| Clifton Hill | SW 225° | 46 m | 20.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 207° | 46 m | 22.9 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | SW 224° | 45 m | 20.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SSW 212° | 42 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 275° | 38 m | 24.0 mi |
| Ellenboro Hill | W 276° | 37 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Solomons, 5 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle28 obs
- Zebra Swallowtail11 obs
- Paper mulberry8 obs
- Carolina horsenettle7 obs
- red deadnettle7 obs
- jimsonweed7 obs
- North American Luna Moth6 obs
- Common Buckeye6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/314948805
Day trips start here
- Solomons · 4 mi
- Leonardtown · 8 mi
- Lexington Park · 9 mi
- Prince Frederick · 13 mi
- St. Mary's City · 13 mi
- Southern Maryland · 15 mi
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