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Port Tobacco Historic District

Port Tobacco Historic District from directly overhead

Port Tobacco Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Munson Hill stands 112 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Tobacco Courthouse, a museum 0.2 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.51373, -77.01859

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Boarman Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: 8.1 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 12.6 mi
  • Belvoir Manor: 12.9 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Artworks: 48
Museums: 33
Attractions: 23
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 13.9 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 14.0 mi
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 14.0 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 14.0 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 13.9 mi
  • Lower Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Potomac Shores Community Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 14.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Table: 17.6 mi
  • Treehouse: 18.6 mi
  • Area 4: 22.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Rose Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Ellenboro Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Ravens Crest: 8.8 mi
  • Stretchmark Hill: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 17.0 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Coe Creek: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Port Tobacco Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Munson HillNNW 344°112 m24.9 mi
Good Hope HillN 7°84 m24.7 mi
Bald Eagle HillN 1°51 m21.3 mi
Talliaferro MountSSW 211°49 m24.9 mi
Rose HillNW 311°48 m0.7 mi
Stretchmark HillW 264°44 m10.4 mi
Shooters HillN 352°44 m20.7 mi
Bunker HillSSE 162°38 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4519:5720:36
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586675797871594940
Precip in2.72.43.63.23.63.54.64.23.43.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quantico Mcas, 16 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American persimmon30 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly26 obs
  • tree-of-heaven22 obs
  • American pokeweed21 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail21 obs
  • multiflora rose21 obs
  • Common Box Turtle19 obs
  • Monarch19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358246787

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