Local servicesHospitalMedStar Saint Mary's Hospital16.9 miPost officeSandy Point Post Officeunder a mileFire stationCople District Volunteer Fire Department Engine Company 33.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeSaint Mary's College of Maryland10.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportRichmond International Airport RIC57 miUS highwayUS 3606.8 miAmtrakQuantico, VA QAN51 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 22577 ZIP area.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 22577 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 49 min5:43 am – 8:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 31 min7:18 am – 4:49 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 71°FColdest month January: highs 46°F, lows 30°F46 in of rain a yearwettest month July12 in of snow a year, on about 5 days29 days above 90°F, 69 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, St Inigoes Webster Nolf station, 8 mi away; snow from Warsaw 2 Nw
Nearby landmarksSandy Pointcape · under a mileCedar Pointcape · 2.9 miSouth Yeocomico Riverriver · 2.5 miWest Yeocomico Riverriver · 2.5 miParkers Islandisland · 2.1 miNarrow Beachbeach · 6.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsGardys Millpond Public Fishing Lakestate recreation area · 5.4 miPiney Point Aquaculture Centerstate conservation land · 6.6 mi · 66 acresPoint Lookout Spstate park · 11.5 miSt Marys River Spstate park · 12.3 mi · 790 acresNewtowne Neck Spstate park · 14.3 mi · 836 acresSt. Clements Island Spstate park · 14.4 mi · 58 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowWestmoreland County, VA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsHurricane Relatively ModerateDrought Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025314 of 365 days measured51 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Dorchester County, MD, 37 mi away
Drinking waterTown of Colonial Beachserves 3,875 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation12 ft4 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
