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Henry-Duffy Park

Henry-Duffy Park from directly overhead

Henry-Duffy Park is an attraction in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Charred Oak Neighborhood Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Henry-Duffy Park is a beautiful area of land within the neighborhoods of North Branch and Clewerwall. Filled with spacious open areas and natural streams, this space attracts families of the neighborhoods for picnics and walks all of the time.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.00501, -77.17273

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 0.7 mi
  • Burling Defenders: 3.1 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 3.2 mi
  • The Centennial Anchor: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Rapley Preserve Park: 1.3 mi
  • William F. Bolger Center: 1.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Booze Creek Stream Valley Park: 1.8 mi
  • McCrillis Gardens Special Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Lock 11: 2.3 mi
  • Lock 12: 2.3 mi
  • Lock 10: 2.3 mi
  • Lock 9: 2.3 mi
  • Lock 13: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks: 47
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.2 mi
  • Coe Creek: 21.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Purplehorse Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.0 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.0 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 326°387 m21.4 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 300°361 m24.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 285°187 m24.1 mi
Hunting HillNNW 346°156 m5.7 mi
Gantt HillSSW 210°156 m6.4 mi
Black HillNNW 332°148 m14.3 mi
Mount DanielS 184°144 m7.4 mi
Freedom HillSW 214°140 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
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 °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4726980379

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