The Cliff Bland Recreation Area
The Cliff Bland Recreation Area is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Short Hill Mountain stands 441 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Darnestown Confederate Visit, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34928577, matched on coordinates and name (178 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 11.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, high · 4 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 4 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 8 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Darnestown Local Park - Cliff Bland Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
- Darnestown Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
- Quince Orchard Valley Park: 2.8 mi
- Bretton Woods Recreation Center: 3.0 mi
- Inspiration Park: 3.1 mi
- Orchard Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
- Berryville Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Lake Placid Dam: 3.2 mi
- Fraser Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Sugarland Special Park: 4.9 mi
- Mooseum: 3.2 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.1 mi
- Fire Museum: 5.8 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 6.0 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 7.7 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 3.3 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 3.6 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 3.7 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 5.3 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 5.9 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 3.2 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 3.4 mi
- Historic Cupola: 3.6 mi
- Split Rocker (2000) by Jeff Koons: 4.1 mi
- Negro Sunshine: 4.1 mi
- Quail Ridge: 3.1 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 9.3 mi
- Darnestown Confederate Visit: 0.1 mi
- Inspiration Park: 3.1 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Seneca Quarry: 3.6 mi
- The River of Blood: 3.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 5.5 mi
- Black Hill: 5.5 mi
- Nokes Hill: 8.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 3.8 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 7.4 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 9.1 mi
- The Farm at Halley Rise: 11.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 16.4 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 16.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 18.1 mi
- Great Falls: 7.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.0 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 15.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 17.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.6 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 13.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Cliff Bland Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Hill Mountain | WNW 297° | 441 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 334° | 387 m | 11.9 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 290° | 361 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 319° | 346 m | 19.1 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NNW 334° | 341 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 298° | 235 m | 16.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 267° | 187 m | 16.7 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | WSW 257° | 176 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11421574336
Day trips start here
- Gaithersburg · 4 mi
- Germantown · 5 mi
- Montgomery County · 6 mi
- Great Falls · 8 mi
- Potomac · 8 mi
- Rockville · 8 mi
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