Southern Park
Southern Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Rock Springs Hill stands 55 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Milestone in Radio History, a historic site 1.8 miles away. Religious Freedom Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 18.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Church Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobb Island Community Park: 1.9 mi
- Town Hill: 4.9 mi
- Torrey Smith Recreation Park: 5.2 mi
- Eleanor Park: 5.3 mi
- Robin Grove Park: 5.4 mi
- Kentucky Hill: 8.6 mi
- Mount Airy: 9.1 mi
- Clifton Hill: 9.3 mi
- Flamstard Hill: 9.3 mi
- Ravens Crest: 9.6 mi
- Lighthouse: 22.3 mi
- "On Watch": 23.1 mi
- A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman: 23.4 mi
- Core: 23.5 mi
- Cluster of Four Cubes: 23.5 mi
- Farmer Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement: 8.0 mi
- Former Rowland Property: 13.6 mi
- Maryland Historic Trust Easement Area: 15.2 mi
- Former DNR: 15.2 mi
- Riverside Wildlife Management Area: 17.8 mi
- Saint Clements Island-Potomac River Museum: 7.8 mi
- Westmoreland County Museum: 12.9 mi
- Port Tobacco Courthouse: 17.9 mi
- Port Royal Museum of American History: 18.8 mi
- Old Port Royal School: 18.8 mi
- Wicomico Beach: 3.5 mi
- The Sands: 7.2 mi
- Fossil Beach: 7.8 mi
- Port Sunlight Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sandyland Beach: 12.4 mi
- Milestone in Radio History: 1.8 mi
- Birthplace Monument: 6.9 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 10.9 mi
- Boarman Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Horsehead Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Stratford Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Nomini Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Poseys Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Fones Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln: 21.2 mi
- Drum Point Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southern Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Hill | SSE 168° | 55 m | 16.9 mi |
| China Hill | S 181° | 54 m | 12.8 mi |
| New Richmond Hill | SSW 201° | 52 m | 10.5 mi |
| Grants Hill | SSW 206° | 52 m | 11.2 mi |
| Pantico Hill | SSE 163° | 52 m | 16.5 mi |
| Sexton Hill | SSE 166° | 52 m | 18.8 mi |
| Kentucky Hill | SSE 161° | 50 m | 8.6 mi |
| Talliaferro Mount | WSW 256° | 49 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 16:51 |
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, 17 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle5 obs
- Turkey Vulture3 obs
- Greater Scaup3 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird2 obs
- Common Goldeneye2 obs
- Long-tailed Duck2 obs
- yellow passionflower2 obs
- European Hornet2 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/617189699
Day trips start here
- Cobb Island · 2 mi
- Southern Maryland · 7 mi
- Westmoreland County · 12 mi
- Leonardtown · 13 mi
- La Plata · 18 mi
- Lexington Park · 23 mi
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