- Elevation, modelled
- 127 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain387 m · 11.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway3.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:39local time
- Coordinates
- 39.1459, -77.2459
Schwartz Peony Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled 127 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oriole Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Thousands of individual peony plants in scores of varieties still bloom in the park every May and June. Visit the display garden and walk the open fields to enjoy the spectacular flowers in all their colors and varieties.
- Access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Schwartz Peony Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 316° | 387 m | 11.3 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NNW 326° | 373 m | 24.1 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 279° | 361 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 308° | 346 m | 19.2 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NW 326° | 341 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 286° | 235 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 260° | 187 m | 19.7 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | WSW 252° | 176 m | 24.3 mi |
- 3.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 13.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, high · 8 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 8 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 10 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Cupola: 0.4 mi
- Historic Cupola: 0.4 mi
- Historic Cupola: 0.4 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 1.7 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 1.8 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 0.7 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 0.7 mi
- Inspiration Park: 1.9 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 2.6 mi
- Quince Orchard Valley Park: 1.1 mi
- South Gunner's Branch Local Park: 1.5 mi
- South Gunners Branch Park: 1.5 mi
- Cloppers Mill Park: 1.5 mi
- Performer's Park: 1.6 mi
- Orchard Neighborhood Park: 1.8 mi
- Lake Placid Dam: 2.5 mi
- Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 2.8 mi
- Goshen Elm Conservation Park: 3.5 mi
- Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 4.0 mi
- Fire Museum: 2.7 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 2.9 mi
- Mooseum: 3.4 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 6.0 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 6.4 mi
- Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 7.5 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.6 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 11.2 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 3.2 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 6.8 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 7.0 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 7.0 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 7.4 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Quail Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 6.5 mi
- Black Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hunting Hill: 4.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Nokes Hill: 12.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 12.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 12.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 15.9 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 17.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 17.6 mi
- Great Falls: 10.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.5 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.0 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 23.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 18.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 21.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.9 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 24.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 22.8 mi
| 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 | 07:26 | 16:08 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 6 mi away.
- Pond Slider127 obs
- Ring-necked Duck122 obs
- Canada Goose112 obs
- Hooded Merganser102 obs
- mountain laurel94 obs
- Mallard92 obs
- wineberry92 obs
- American Wigeon88 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Gaithersburg · 1 mi
- Montgomery County · 2 mi
- Germantown · 3 mi
- Rockville · 7 mi
- Potomac · 9 mi
- Great Falls · 10 mi
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