Cecils Mill Historic District
Cecils Mill Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is James W Henderson Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway runs past it. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- On the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 5 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James W Henderson Park: 1.0 mi
- Chancellors Run Regional Park: 1.9 mi
- Saint Marys River State Park: 1.9 mi
- Jarboesville Park: 2.8 mi
- George B Cecil Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- "On Watch": 6.4 mi
- Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Seated Woman: 7.7 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 7.7 mi
- Resting: 7.7 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 3.3 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 5.0 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 5.3 mi
- St. John's Site (Historic St. Mary's City): 5.4 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 5.6 mi
- Lane Beach: 4.5 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 7.0 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 7.1 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 8.3 mi
- Saint George Island Beach: 8.6 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 10.5 mi
- Fort Hill: 13.6 mi
- Shingle Hill: 15.7 mi
- Mount Airy: 16.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 16.4 mi
- African American Monument: 3.3 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 5.3 mi
- Margaret Brent Pilgrimage: 5.4 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 5.8 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 6.0 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 5.4 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 6.3 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 9.0 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 9.3 mi
- Yellows Banks: 4.8 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 5.2 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Malone's Church: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cecils Mill Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SW 230° | 55 m | 21.9 mi |
| China Hill | WSW 244° | 54 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SW 230° | 52 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SW 225° | 52 m | 22.1 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 252° | 50 m | 18.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 239° | 48 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 252° | 47 m | 16.2 mi |
| Finchs Hill | WSW 244° | 47 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- North American Wheel Bug10 obs
- Calico Pennant10 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink9 obs
- Green Treefrog7 obs
- Widow Skimmer6 obs
- Halloween Pennant6 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 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/358247809
Day trips start here
- Lexington Park · 3 mi
- St. Mary's City · 5 mi
- Solomons · 7 mi
- Leonardtown · 8 mi
- Point Lookout · 16 mi
- Hooper's Island · 17 mi
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