Skip to content

Canal Walk Park

Canal Walk Park from directly overhead

Canal Walk Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the south, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverwalk Games Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.36315, -75.60160

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverwalk Games Park: 0.1 mi
  • Riverwalk Park: 0.1 mi
  • The Rotary Labyrinth for Peace: 0.1 mi
  • Newtwon - Camden Tot Lot: 0.2 mi
  • Jeanette P. Chipman Boundless Playground: 0.4 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • Section 2: 9.9 mi
  • Bethel Church: 14.7 mi
  • Skip Gardner: 17.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 23.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Backbone Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Dunker Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Ryles Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Delia Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Sand Hill: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Sammy the Seagull: 1.3 mi
  • Old Starting Gate: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Backbone HillS 189°12 m7.2 mi
Ryles HillW 260°4 m15.3 mi
Sand HillWNW 288°4 m22.3 mi
Dunker HillSW 234°3 m11.5 mi
Delia HillWNW 286°3 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0416:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384047586675797771605042
Precip in3.63.24.23.63.74.34.85.34.33.93.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, under a mile away.

  • Canada Goose98 obs
  • Mallard89 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel74 obs
  • Bluegill69 obs
  • American Robin65 obs
  • Great Blue Heron43 obs
  • Northern Cardinal32 obs
  • European Starling29 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/974782153

More parks in Maryland

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Canal Walk Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens