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Five Senses Garden

Five Senses Garden from directly overhead

Five Senses Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Ice House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.2 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates39.00271, -77.06470

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Gardens
Parks
  • Jones Mill Road Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ray's Meadow Local Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rosemary Hills-Lyttonsville Local Park: 0.8 mi
  • North Chevy Chase Park: 0.9 mi
  • Meadowbrook Local Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Angel Moroni: 0.8 mi
  • Grief of Cyporissus: 0.8 mi
  • Justice: 0.9 mi
  • Minerva: 0.9 mi
  • linden lane 2403: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 37
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Coe Creek: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 6.6 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 35°169 m24.8 mi
Hunting HillNW 308°156 m9.1 mi
Gantt HillWSW 239°156 m10.5 mi
Black HillNW 316°148 m17.9 mi
Mount DanielSW 221°144 m9.6 mi
Minor's HillSW 216°140 m8.5 mi
Freedom HillWSW 240°140 m11.0 mi
Prout HillSW 219°137 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

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, 5 mi away.

  • lesser celandine315 obs
  • Virginia bluebells306 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel281 obs
  • White-tailed Deer274 obs
  • mayapple232 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail218 obs
  • Monarch203 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty192 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1300393257

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