Showell Park
Showell Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bainbridge Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Selfie Point · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bainbridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Somerset Park: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Somerset Park: 1.7 mi
- Manklin Meadows Park: 2.0 mi
- DNR Held Conservation Easement: 4.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 5.0 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 6.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 7.1 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 7.1 mi
- Calvin B. Taylor House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Ghost Museum: 4.5 mi
- The Mermaid Museum: 4.6 mi
- Shelbyville Museum: 5.2 mi
- United State Lifesaving Station Museum: 6.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- CG-41300: 6.9 mi
- Ocean City: 7.1 mi
- Anchor: 7.1 mi
- Old Starting Gate: 3.2 mi
- Tractor: 5.8 mi
- Shark: 7.4 mi
- Spinosaurus: 12.3 mi
- Triceratops: 12.3 mi
- Berlin Commercial Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Circus: 6.6 mi
- Freak Out: 7.0 mi
- Speedway: 7.0 mi
- Happy Swing: 7.0 mi
- Cape Windsor: 7.8 mi
- Maryland Beach: 8.8 mi
- Fenwick Beach: 9.7 mi
- Little Egging Beach: 12.8 mi
- Great Egging Beach: 12.9 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 1.8 mi
- Food Garden: 4.6 mi
- Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 12.3 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Bottom Hills: 17.2 mi
- Backbone Hill: 24.9 mi
- North Laurel: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Showell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | WSW 250° | 12 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bottom Hills | NNE 22° | 0 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocean City Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Mallard22 obs
- Great Blue Heron19 obs
- American sweetgum17 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
- American Robin13 obs
- Greylag Goose11 obs
- American holly11 obs
- cardinal flower9 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/492665571
Day trips start here
- Rehoboth Beach · 23 mi
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