Academy Grove Historic District
Academy Grove Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- Raccoon Point Park: 2.3 mi
- Fairmount Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Deal Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
- Manokin Historic District: 8.0 mi
- Fairmount Wildlife Management Area: 1.0 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 1.1 mi
- Endlich, Karl H. And Margaet Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 1.2 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.8 mi
- Ring Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 3.2 mi
- Nature Center: 7.4 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 8.3 mi
- J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 12.0 mi
- Costen House Museum: 12.3 mi
- Langford Sand: 9.4 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 10.0 mi
- Sound Shore: 10.2 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 17.4 mi
- Guard Shore: 19.0 mi
- Dunker Hill: 10.9 mi
- Backbone Hill: 13.9 mi
- Ryles Hill: 15.7 mi
- Delia Hill: 23.3 mi
- Section 2: 11.2 mi
- Makemie Monument: 14.7 mi
- Accomack County Confederate Monument: 23.5 mi
- Town of Parksley War Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 12.0 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 12.1 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 13.3 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 23.7 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 19.2 mi
- Watts Island Rocks: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Academy Grove Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | NE 40° | 12 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ryles Hill | NNW 342° | 4 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dunker Hill | N 5° | 3 m | 10.9 mi |
| Delia Hill | NNW 344° | 3 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 21 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle5 obs
- Seaside Dragonlet4 obs
- Belted Kingfisher2 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- Tundra Swan2 obs
- American Black Duck2 obs
- Common Buckeye2 obs
- greater periwinkle2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358244762
Day trips start here
- Hooper's Island · 26 mi
- Point Lookout · 30 mi
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