Newport Mills
Newport Mills is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ken-Gar Palisades Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Sign commemorating Josiah Henson, a celebrated Evangelist and model for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, who received his Christian baptism here while still a slave on the nearby Riley Plantation.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Originally built in 1774 by Thomas Johns, a colonel during the American Revolution, and Thomas Richardson, a prominent Georgetown merchant, large flour mills continued to exist on this site along Rock Creek until the 1870s. Richardson, appointed by Genera
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 9.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ken-Gar Palisades Park: 0.1 mi
- Edith Throckmorton Park: 0.2 mi
- Parkside Veteran Memorial Sitting Area: 0.6 mi
- Waverly - Schuylkill Park: 0.6 mi
- Garrett Park - Waverly Park: 0.6 mi
- No Place Like Home: 0.3 mi
- Hawk Island: 0.8 mi
- Learning Garden: 2.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.2 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 2.3 mi
- Locust Hill Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
- East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 2.1 mi
- Ratner Museum: 2.2 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 2.3 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- KID Museum: 3.4 mi
- Toto: 0.3 mi
- Ruby Slippers: 0.3 mi
- Hold Your Light: 0.4 mi
- Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church: 0.5 mi
- Dedication of the National Guard Armory: 0.5 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 2.0 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 2.6 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Cabin John Station: 3.5 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 4.6 mi
- Pond Classroom: 2.3 mi
- Spectator Area: 2.8 mi
- South Terrace: 3.0 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 4.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Photo captions: 0.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 1.9 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 1.9 mi
- Point Reno: 5.6 mi
- Linnean Hill: 6.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 7.1 mi
- Mount Alto: 7.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 7.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.8 mi
- Great Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 12.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Friction Wall: 22.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 22.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Daniels: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Newport Mills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 314° | 387 m | 22.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 40° | 169 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 300° | 156 m | 7.1 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 227° | 156 m | 10.9 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 313° | 148 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 210° | 144 m | 10.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 204° | 140 m | 9.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 228° | 140 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10686981834
Day trips start here
- Kensington · 1 mi
- Wheaton · 2 mi
- Bethesda · 4 mi
- Glenmont · 4 mi
- Silver Spring · 4 mi
- Capital Region · 5 mi
Take the scenic way to Newport Mills.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.