Skip to content

Whaleyville Park

Whaleyville Park from directly overhead

Whaleyville Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40000, -75.30400

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Eastside Youth Sports Complex: 2.2 mi
  • Willards Park and Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Bay Club Trail System: 5.6 mi
  • Showell Park: 6.1 mi
  • Heron Park: 6.4 mi
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 20
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 7
  • Old Starting Gate: 8.7 mi
  • Tractor: 11.5 mi
  • Shark: 11.8 mi
  • Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 15.8 mi
  • Spinosaurus: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Gardens: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Bottom Hills: 19.6 mi
  • Backbone Hill: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Backbone HillWSW 241°12 m19.8 mi
Bottom HillsNE 40°0 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1616:0316:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363844536271767569584841
Precip in3.43.03.93.03.83.33.83.83.94.03.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocean City Muni AP, 12 mi away.

  • Great Purple Hairstreak6 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail5 obs
  • American holly4 obs
  • Killdeer3 obs
  • Common Box Turtle3 obs
  • red deadnettle3 obs
  • Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella3 obs
  • American Kestrel2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/548931125

More parks in Maryland

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Whaleyville Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens