- Elevation, modelled
- 97 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain387 m · 23.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- George Washington Memorial Parkway9.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0584, -77.0354
Yew Garden is a garden in Maryland, at a modelled 97 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Terrace, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 9.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yew Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 306° | 387 m | 23.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 38° | 169 m | 20.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 229° | 156 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 302° | 148 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 215° | 144 m | 13.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 212° | 140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 230° | 140 m | 14.6 mi |
- 9.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 8.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Maple Terrace: 0.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Perennial Garden: 0.0 mi
- Idea Garden: 0.0 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 0.0 mi
- The Only Time is Now: 0.0 mi
- Kensington Moai: 2.6 mi
- Bear Bench: 2.8 mi
- Howling Dog: 2.9 mi
- Who Let the Dogs Out: 2.9 mi
- Brookside Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Saddlebrook Local Park: 0.7 mi
- Glenfield Local Park: 1.0 mi
- Kemp Mill Urban Park: 1.2 mi
- Westchester HOA park: 1.2 mi
- South Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 0.2 mi
- Spectator Area: 0.4 mi
- Pond Classroom: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 5.7 mi
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 2.9 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 2.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Photo captions: 3.1 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 3.5 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 3.6 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 4.7 mi
- Ratner Museum: 5.3 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 0.6 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 0.6 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 2.0 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 3.2 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 6.1 mi
- Point Reno: 7.7 mi
- Linnean Hill: 8.5 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 8.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 8.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 8.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.3 mi
- Friction Wall: 19.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 5.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Great Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 21.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.8 mi
- Daniels: 21.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 6 mi away.
- Pond Slider1,308 obs
- Canada Goose1,111 obs
- American Robin1,024 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel913 obs
- Northern Cardinal653 obs
- White-tailed Deer627 obs
- Painted Turtle611 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird573 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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- Glenmont · 1 mi
- Wheaton · 1 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 3 mi
- Kensington · 3 mi
- Capital Region · 4 mi
- Silver Spring · 5 mi
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