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Gaithersburg Community Museum

Gaithersburg Community Museum from directly overhead

Gaithersburg Community Museum is a museum in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Olde Towne Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

MARC rail station in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Dates from 1884.

Wikidata Q5517392, matched on coordinates and name (35 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.14166, -77.19275

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Olde Towne Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Wells-Robertson House: 0.1 mi
  • City Hall and Civic Center Park: 0.1 mi
  • Constitution Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Duvall Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 1.1 mi
  • Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Goshen Elm Conservation Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Hayley's World: 1.6 mi
  • Celebración: 1.7 mi
  • Cosmic Coffee: 1.7 mi
  • Fruit Mural: 1.7 mi
  • Synergy: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Carousel at Rio: 1.7 mi
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: 4.8 mi
  • Oakley Cabin: 7.0 mi
  • Cabin John Station: 7.8 mi
  • Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 8.0 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 3.3 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 42
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • Sandy Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Great Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.2 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 16.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 308°387 m13.6 mi
Waterford PeakW 279°361 m20.6 mi
Pine RockWNW 304°346 m21.7 mi
Bald MountainWNW 285°235 m20.8 mi
Hogback MountainW 262°187 m22.4 mi
Chestnut HillENE 63°169 m23.7 mi
Hunting HillS 184°156 m3.9 mi
Gantt HillS 188°156 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566573787669574739
Precip in3.12.63.73.23.54.04.03.14.03.53.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/69200167

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