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Three Big Dogs

Three Big Dogs from directly overhead

Three Big Dogs is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Innovator's Park, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.11402, -77.21189

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Downtown Crown Event Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crown Community Green: 0.4 mi
  • Washingtonian Woods Park: 0.5 mi
  • Malcolm King Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rio Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Carousel at Rio: 0.8 mi
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: 4.2 mi
  • Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 5.9 mi
  • Lock 21: Swains Lock: 6.0 mi
  • Cabin John Station: 6.4 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Lake Placid Dam: 1.3 mi
  • Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 2.5 mi
  • Orchard Neighborhood Park: 2.7 mi
  • Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 2.8 mi
  • Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 60
  • Quail Ridge: 2.9 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 42
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • Sandy Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.3 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 15.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 317°387 m14.1 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 284°361 m20.0 mi
Pine RockNW 309°346 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainWNW 291°235 m20.4 mi
Hogback MountainW 267°187 m21.2 mi
Hunting HillSSE 160°156 m2.1 mi
Gantt HillS 185°156 m13.1 mi
Black HillNW 318°148 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566573787669574739
Precip in3.12.63.73.23.54.04.03.14.03.53.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11562793023

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