Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area
Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Parklands Local Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 7.2 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 96 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 11.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 9 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 10 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parklands Local Park: 0.5 mi
- Aspen Hill Local Park: 0.5 mi
- Wheaton Woods Local Park: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Twinbrook Park: 1.0 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 1.3 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 1.3 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.8 mi
- Norwood Village Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Locust Hill Neighborhood Park: 4.4 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 1.8 mi
- No Place Like Home: 3.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 3.5 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 3.6 mi
- Maple Terrace: 3.6 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2.6 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 3.4 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 3.4 mi
- Cabin John Station: 4.0 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 4.9 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 2.7 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 3.1 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Ratner Museum: 4.2 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 5.3 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 2.8 mi
- The Flow of History: 2.8 mi
- Agio: 3.0 mi
- Tetra Con Brio: 3.2 mi
- Kensington Moai: 3.3 mi
- Spectator Area: 3.4 mi
- South Terrace: 3.5 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 3.8 mi
- Pond Classroom: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 7.7 mi
- Hunting Hill: 5.4 mi
- Point Reno: 8.8 mi
- Linnean Hill: 10.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 10.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.5 mi
- Friction Wall: 20.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 10.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.7 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 22.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 5.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 6.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 11.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.2 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Daniels: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 309° | 387 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 47° | 169 m | 22.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 275° | 156 m | 5.4 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 215° | 156 m | 12.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 305° | 148 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 200° | 144 m | 13.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 195° | 140 m | 12.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 216° | 140 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 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, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer399 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel229 obs
- Margined Calligrapher201 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee200 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle189 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly183 obs
- Red Fox171 obs
- lesser celandine164 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374791193
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