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Koiner Farm

Koiner Farm from directly overhead

Koiner Farm is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is East Silver Spring Urban Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.99448, -77.02175

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Silver Spring Urban Park: 0.3 mi
  • Nolte Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gene Lynch Urban Park: 0.4 mi
  • Philadelphia Avenue Urban Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fenton Street Urban Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Shepherd Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Maple Avenue Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Takoma Community Garden: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 35
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Silver Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Fishing Shore: 7.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 30°169 m24.0 mi
Hunting HillWNW 303°156 m11.3 mi
Gantt HillWSW 247°156 m12.3 mi
Black HillNW 312°148 m19.9 mi
Mount DanielSW 232°144 m10.9 mi
Minor's HillSW 229°140 m9.7 mi
Freedom HillWSW 248°140 m12.9 mi
Prout HillSW 230°137 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 5 mi away.

  • Pond Slider1,275 obs
  • Painted Turtle1,223 obs
  • American Bullfrog775 obs
  • White-tailed Deer643 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel620 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle527 obs
  • American Robin464 obs
  • mayapple418 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/845861225

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