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Lock 9

Lock 9 from directly overhead

Lock 9 is an attraction in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 10, a attraction 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.5 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

lock in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States

Wikidata Q34864238, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97228, -77.16693

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Lock 10: 0.1 mi
  • Lock 11: 0.3 mi
  • Lock 8: 0.3 mi
  • Lock 12: 0.6 mi
  • Lock 13: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Aire picnic: 0.2 mi
  • Clara Barton Center for Children: 0.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Concord Local Park: 1.0 mi
  • Booze Creek Stream Valley Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Crystal Pool: 1.5 mi
  • Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 1.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Nathan Hale Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Burling Defenders: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Capital One Sculpture Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Topaz House West Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Topaz House East Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 4.7 mi
  • American University Arboretum and Gardens: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 46
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 20.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Purplehorse Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 5.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lock 9. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 329°387 m23.4 mi
Gantt HillSW 228°156 m4.8 mi
Hunting HillNNW 348°156 m8.0 mi
Black HillNNW 335°148 m16.4 mi
Mount DanielS 189°144 m5.2 mi
Minor's HillS 175°140 m4.8 mi
Freedom HillSW 230°140 m5.3 mi
Prout HillSSW 192°137 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/137852548

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