- Elevation, modelled
- 53 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain387 m · 17.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway0.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:39local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0379, -77.2552
Potomac River Water Filtration Plant is a artwork in Maryland, at a modelled 53 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 21 “Swains” Campground, a park 0.8 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potomac River Water Filtration Plant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 335° | 387 m | 17.2 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 301° | 361 m | 19.9 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 322° | 346 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 307° | 235 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 282° | 187 m | 19.3 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | W 270° | 176 m | 22.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NE 43° | 156 m | 4.5 mi |
| Gantt Hill | S 171° | 156 m | 7.9 mi |
- 0.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 3.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 11.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock 21 “Swains” Campground: 0.8 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church playground: 2.1 mi
- Greenbriar Local Park: 2.2 mi
- Tobytown Neighborhood Park: 2.4 mi
- Bedfordshire Park: 2.7 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 0.8 mi
- Riverbend Park Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 2.1 mi
- Lock 20: 2.6 mi
- Lock 19: 2.7 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 1.5 mi
- Colvin Run General Store: 5.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 5.2 mi
- Colvin Run Mill House: 5.2 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 5.2 mi
- Mather Gorge: 3.2 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 3.2 mi
- The River of Blood: 4.6 mi
- Darnestown Confederate Visit: 5.2 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 6.9 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 6.9 mi
- Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 7.0 mi
- White Garden: 7.1 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 5.4 mi
- Picnic area A: 6.0 mi
- Picnic area B: 6.0 mi
- Picnic area C: 6.0 mi
- Picnic area D: 6.0 mi
- Hunting Hill: 4.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.9 mi
- Gantt Hill: 7.9 mi
- Freedom Hill: 8.0 mi
- Nokes Hill: 8.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.6 mi
- Great Falls: 2.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 5.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 3.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 4.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 12.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 7 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapDay trips start here
- Great Falls · 3 mi
- Potomac · 3 mi
- Gaithersburg · 7 mi
- Rockville · 7 mi
- McLean · 8 mi
- Montgomery County · 8 mi
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