Patuxent River Natural Resource Management Area
Patuxent River Natural Resource Management Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Kentucky Hill stands 50 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Beach, a park 1.4 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 33 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 10.3 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 24 mi
- Church Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Main Beach: 1.4 mi
- Long Point: 1.4 mi
- Laurel Ridge Park: 3.2 mi
- Hallowing Point District Park: 3.4 mi
- Fifth District Park: 4.5 mi
- Maxwell Hall Natural Resource Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Gatewood Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Kings Landing Natural Resource Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Zoeter Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 9.4 mi
- Corncrib: 9.2 mi
- Lemuel-Wallace House: 9.2 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 12.7 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
- Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center: 5.6 mi
- Arthur Storer Planetarium;Spaceflight America Museum and Science Center: 6.8 mi
- Sotterley Plantation: 12.0 mi
- Fisherman's Cabin: 13.3 mi
- Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum: 15.4 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Calvert Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Matoaka Beach: 11.8 mi
- Long Beach: 12.3 mi
- Breezy Point Beach: 12.6 mi
- Brownie's Beach: 14.9 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 15.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 12.6 mi
- Ellenboro Hill: 16.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 16.8 mi
- Ravens Crest: 17.6 mi
- Rose Hill: 18.2 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 20.1 mi
- Surratt House: 21.1 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 21.4 mi
- Show Place Arena: 21.4 mi
- Wilson: 16.5 mi
- Patuxent Park Pavillion: 17.1 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Patuxent River Natural Resource Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Hill | SSW 197° | 50 m | 24.8 mi |
| Rose Hill | W 274° | 48 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Airy | SSW 192° | 47 m | 23.9 mi |
| Clifton Hill | SSW 193° | 46 m | 24.5 mi |
| Chantilly Hill | SSW 192° | 45 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WSW 244° | 38 m | 16.8 mi |
| Ellenboro Hill | WSW 245° | 37 m | 16.4 mi |
| Fort Hill | ESE 112° | 35 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mechanicsville 5 NE, 2 mi away.
- Double-crested Cormorant231 obs
- American Herring Gull65 obs
- Ruddy Duck64 obs
- Canvasback35 obs
- Mallard33 obs
- Eastern Oyster21 obs
- Ring-billed Gull17 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail16 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/358246898
Day trips start here
- Prince Frederick · 6 mi
- Southern Maryland · 11 mi
- La Plata · 15 mi
- Leonardtown · 15 mi
- Waldorf · 15 mi
- Chesapeake Beach · 16 mi
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