Maryland Mine
Maryland Mine is an attraction in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodrock Playground Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mine in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America
Wikidata Q49430168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 116 m
How to reach it
- On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 3.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 1 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 1 mi
- Overlook 1 · 1 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodrock Playground Park: 0.6 mi
- Woodrock Terrace Park: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Farm Neighborhood Park: 1.6 mi
- Rapley Preserve Park: 2.0 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church playground: 2.1 mi
- Lock 16: 0.7 mi
- Lock 15: 0.8 mi
- Lock 18: 0.9 mi
- Lock 19: 0.9 mi
- Lock 20: 0.9 mi
- Mather Gorge: 0.9 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 0.9 mi
- Burling Defenders: 2.6 mi
- Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Pool: 5.4 mi
- Rock Run Stream Valley Park: 2.2 mi
- Old Dominion School Site: 2.6 mi
- Carderock Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Charred Oak Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- New Hope Island Conservation Park: 3.9 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 2.3 mi
- Filene Center Lawns: 4.4 mi
- Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic area C: 4.9 mi
- Picnic area B: 4.9 mi
- Potomac River Water Filtration Plant: 3.2 mi
- Clay Houses: Boulder-Room-Holes(2007-08) by Andy Goldsworthy: 4.2 mi
- Sylvester (2001) by Richard Serra: 4.3 mi
- Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure(2017) by Richard Serra: 4.3 mi
- Untitled (2005) by Ellsworth Kelly: 4.3 mi
- Colvin Run General Store: 3.7 mi
- Colvin Run Mill House: 3.7 mi
- Colvin Run Mill: 3.8 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 3.8 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.5 mi
- Fred Packard Grove: 4.7 mi
- Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 4.8 mi
- White Garden: 4.8 mi
- Entry Garden: 4.8 mi
- Terrace Garden: 4.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
- Gantt Hill: 4.8 mi
- Freedom Hill: 5.0 mi
- Hunting Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Daniel: 7.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 10.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 12.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 18.2 mi
- Great Falls: 1.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 2.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 2.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.9 mi
- Coe Creek: 19.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 1.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maryland Mine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 335° | 387 m | 20.4 mi |
| Waterford Peak | NW 306° | 361 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 311° | 235 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 289° | 187 m | 21.3 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | W 277° | 176 m | 24.1 mi |
| Gantt Hill | S 180° | 156 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNE 17° | 156 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 345° | 148 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/369003344
Day trips start here
- Potomac · 2 mi
- Great Falls · 3 mi
- McLean · 5 mi
- Tysons · 5 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 7 mi
- Bethesda · 7 mi
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