Whitehaven Historic District
Whitehaven Historic District is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Backbone Hill stands 12 m to the east, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chesapeake Forest, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Blue Crab Scenic Byway runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Crab Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Nesting Site · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chesapeake Forest: 0.6 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 0.9 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.4 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 1.9 mi
- Chesapeake Forest: 2.0 mi
- Mount Vernon Park: 2.7 mi
- Whitehaven Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Ellis Bay Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Pirate's Wharf Park: 4.1 mi
- Douglas Nichols Park: 5.6 mi
- Teackle Mansion: 6.9 mi
- Chesapeake Fire Museum: 11.8 mi
- Chesapeake Fire Museum: 11.8 mi
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: 13.2 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum: 18.0 mi
- Dunker Hill: 1.1 mi
- Ryles Hill: 6.1 mi
- Backbone Hill: 9.1 mi
- Delia Hill: 12.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 17.3 mi
- Mount Vernon Beach: 2.9 mi
- Sandy Hill Beach: 6.8 mi
- Langford Sand: 20.6 mi
- Sound Shore: 20.9 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 24.3 mi
- Section 2: 8.5 mi
- Skip Gardner: 24.7 mi
- Makemie Monument: 24.8 mi
- Camden Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Olive Marie Lippoldt Garden: 17.9 mi
- Corner Sanctuary: 18.0 mi
- Naylor Mill Forest Trail: 14.7 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 19.2 mi
- Eagle Nest: 19.7 mi
- Sammy the Seagull: 11.3 mi
- North Laurel: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitehaven Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backbone Hill | E 94° | 12 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ryles Hill | NW 308° | 4 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sand Hill | NW 320° | 4 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dunker Hill | ESE 110° | 3 m | 1.1 mi |
| Delia Hill | NNW 330° | 3 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 13 mi away.
- Osprey8 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3 obs
- Atlantic Blue Crab3 obs
- marsh elder3 obs
- Laughing Gull3 obs
- American Robin2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 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/358246164
Day trips start here
- Hooper's Island · 23 mi
- Cambridge · 26 mi
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