- Elevation, modelled
- 167 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Salamander Rock562 m · 23.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Antietam Campaign Byway4.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:40local time
- Coordinates
- 39.2827, -77.2740
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled 167 m. Salamander Rock stands 562 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Beall Homestead, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Built
- 2018
- Operated by
- Pleasant Plains of Damascus Chapter NSDAR;Betty Bass, Regent
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salamander Rock | NNW 331° | 562 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 301° | 536 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 301° | 536 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bob's Hill | NNW 336° | 535 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Rock | NNW 333° | 526 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 316° | 518 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cat Rock | NNW 338° | 476 m | 24.9 mi |
| High Knob | NW 316° | 472 m | 17.1 mi |
- 4.8 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 6.8 mi off the Historic National Road - MarylandNational
- 8.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 6.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 6 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 6 mi
- West View · 7 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beall Homestead: 0.0 mi
- Norwood Tobacco Barn: 0.7 mi
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 1.3 mi
- Parr's Spring Marker: 7.5 mi
- P: 7.5 mi
- Kings Local Park: 2.6 mi
- Oak Ridge Conservation Park: 2.7 mi
- High Point Farm: 2.8 mi
- Clarksburg Triangle Urban Park: 2.9 mi
- Damascus Community Center Playground: 3.1 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 7.1 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.5 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.5 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.5 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 11.3 mi
- Thomas House: 8.2 mi
- Gambrill House: 8.3 mi
- Gambrill Mill: 8.4 mi
- Best Secondary House: 9.0 mi
- Best House: 9.0 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 9.6 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Adventure Nursery: 13.4 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 15.5 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 3.9 mi
- The W. R. Rudy Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mount Airy Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mooseum: 9.2 mi
- Fire Museum: 10.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Black Hill: 6.7 mi
- Pine Rock: 13.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 14.3 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 3.1 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Quail Ridge: 10.0 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 13.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.8 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 17.5 mi
- Spout Spring: 18.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 22.6 mi
- Great Falls: 19.7 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 21.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 22.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 22.1 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.9 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 16.0 mi
- Harmony Grove: 13.6 mi
- Daniels: 24.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 20.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 20.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 3 mi away.
- bloodroot62 obs
- crane-fly orchid54 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage51 obs
- common jewelweed47 obs
- mayapple46 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit46 obs
- partridgeberry44 obs
- rue anemone44 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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