Chancellors Point Natural History Area
Chancellors Point Natural History Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. Religious Freedom Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 10.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 1 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chancellors Point Natural History Area: 0.1 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Park: 0.8 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 1.2 mi
- Admissions Field: 1.7 mi
- Townhouse Greens: 1.8 mi
- Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- "On Watch": 10.9 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 12.1 mi
- Seated Woman: 12.1 mi
- Resting: 12.1 mi
- Saint George Island Beach: 4.2 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 4.4 mi
- Saint Jerome Beach: 6.4 mi
- Lane Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 8.3 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center: 1.1 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 1.2 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 1.3 mi
- St. John's Site (Historic St. Mary's City): 1.7 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 2.2 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 4.7 mi
- Shingle Hill: 12.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.6 mi
- Hogans Hill: 17.1 mi
- Thompson Hill: 17.2 mi
- Margaret Brent Pilgrimage: 1.4 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 1.5 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 1.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 6.7 mi
- African American Monument: 6.7 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 4.3 mi
- Protected Bird Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 10.7 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 14.6 mi
- Yellows Banks: 2.2 mi
- Wailes Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 1.5 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chancellors Point Natural History Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | WSW 246° | 55 m | 22.1 mi |
| China Hill | WSW 258° | 54 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pantico Hill | WSW 246° | 52 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sexton Hill | WSW 241° | 52 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | W 269° | 50 m | 20.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 255° | 48 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Airy | W 270° | 47 m | 18.7 mi |
| Finchs Hill | W 259° | 47 m | 23.7 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 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Inigoes Webster Nolf, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider44 obs
- American holly42 obs
- Marsh Periwinkle40 obs
- American sweetgum39 obs
- Great Blue Heron38 obs
- common ivy38 obs
- American pokeweed37 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/358247835
Day trips start here
- St. Mary's City · 2 mi
- Lexington Park · 6 mi
- Point Lookout · 10 mi
- Solomons · 12 mi
- Leonardtown · 13 mi
- Hooper's Island · 16 mi
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