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Byrd Park

Byrd Park from directly overhead

Byrd Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Julia A Purnell Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.17403, -75.40115

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 11
  • Section 2: 13.7 mi
  • Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial: 18.9 mi
  • SS Marine Electric: 18.9 mi
  • Crossing the Bar: 18.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 9
Beaches: 7
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Sammy the Seagull: 16.2 mi
  • Shark: 16.3 mi
  • Horse: 17.0 mi
  • Old Starting Gate: 18.0 mi
  • Tractor: 19.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Backbone Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Cherrytree Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Dunker Hill: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Backbone HillWNW 296°12 m13.5 mi
Dunker HillWNW 287°3 m21.1 mi
Cherrytree HillSSE 157°1 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3919:4920:29
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1516:0416:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404148586775797772615143
Precip in3.53.14.33.53.73.84.14.85.34.13.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snow Hill 4 N, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch113 obs
  • Black Swallowtail54 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper42 obs
  • Huron Skipper37 obs
  • Small White34 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle33 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail31 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee29 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/553131224

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