James W Henderson Park
James W Henderson Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cecils Mill Historic District, a park 1.0 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 5 mi
- Eagle Nesting Site · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cecils Mill Historic District: 1.0 mi
- Chancellors Run Regional Park: 1.6 mi
- Saint Marys River State Park: 1.8 mi
- Jarboesville Park: 1.8 mi
- Nicolet Park: 2.0 mi
- "On Watch": 5.8 mi
- Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Squatting Woman with Shawl: 7.1 mi
- Seated Woman: 7.1 mi
- Resting: 7.1 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: 2.5 mi
- St. John's Site (Historic St. Mary's City): 4.9 mi
- The Maryland Dove: 5.0 mi
- Drayden African-American Schoolhouse: 5.2 mi
- Historic St. Mary's City: 5.2 mi
- Lane Beach: 5.4 mi
- Drum Point Beach: 6.2 mi
- Seahorse Beach: 7.4 mi
- Piney Point Beach: 7.5 mi
- Saint George Island Beach: 8.9 mi
- Mollys Leg Dredge Spoil: 5.6 mi
- Piney Point Aquaculture Center: 6.0 mi
- Elms Cooperative Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Greenwell State Park: 8.8 mi
- Sotterley: 9.5 mi
- Blue Gull Hill: 10.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 13.2 mi
- Shingle Hill: 16.3 mi
- Mount Airy: 17.2 mi
- Thompson Hill: 17.4 mi
- African American Monument: 2.3 mi
- Freedom of Conscience: 4.9 mi
- Margaret Brent Pilgrimage: 5.0 mi
- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory: 5.3 mi
- Commemorative to The Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland: 5.4 mi
- Yellows Banks: 4.3 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Nutts Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 4.9 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
- Malone's Church: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of James W Henderson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SW 231° | 55 m | 22.8 mi |
| China Hill | WSW 244° | 54 m | 24.0 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SW 231° | 52 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SW 226° | 52 m | 23.0 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | WSW 252° | 50 m | 19.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | WSW 240° | 48 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Airy | WSW 251° | 47 m | 17.2 mi |
| Finchs Hill | WSW 245° | 47 m | 23.1 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patuxent River NAS, 5 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle20 obs
- North American Wheel Bug11 obs
- Green Treefrog11 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral10 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink10 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail9 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider9 obs
- Eastern Rhinoceros Beetle9 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 way/48063396
Day trips start here
- Lexington Park · 2 mi
- St. Mary's City · 5 mi
- Solomons · 6 mi
- Leonardtown · 9 mi
- Hooper's Island · 16 mi
- Point Lookout · 16 mi
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