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Martinak State Park

Martinak State Park from directly overhead

Martinak State Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the south-southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is B Area Shelter, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

What to expect

Operated by
Maryland Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.86135, -75.84109

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Mardela: 0.5 mi
  • Denton Elementary School Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sharp Road Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • 4th Street Park: 1.6 mi
  • Crane Baptist Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 11
  • William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 2.0 mi
  • Tom: 13.8 mi
  • Wye Island: 15.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 17.5 mi
  • Queen Anne: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Herb & Polinator Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Cambridge Community Garden: 23.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Opossum Hill: 5.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillSSE 160°18 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:15
June solstice05:3919:5320:33
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1916:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353643546372777568574739
Precip in3.62.94.03.43.74.24.04.54.84.23.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood 2NE, 15 mi away.

  • Magnolia Green Jumping Spider32 obs
  • Canada Goose27 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck20 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard19 obs
  • mountain laurel18 obs
  • American holly18 obs
  • Ruddy Duck16 obs
  • Blue Dasher13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/314930050

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