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Barnaby Run Park

Barnaby Run Park from directly overhead

Barnaby Run Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 39 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillcrest Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
39 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.83047, -76.97820

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 1.9 mi
  • GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 2.6 mi
  • Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • J. Robert Elliott: 3.1 mi
  • USS Enterprise: 3.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Thomas Edison: 2.2 mi
  • The Big Chair: 2.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 2.8 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 2.8 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • River Street Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 3.5 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 3.9 mi
  • Simpson Gardens: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Troy Park: 5.1 mi
  • Area 1: 6.6 mi
  • Area 2: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic site for Rose park: 6.7 mi
  • Area 3: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 32
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.6 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.3 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 296°156 m15.2 mi
Hunting HillNW 326°156 m21.2 mi
Mount DanielWNW 293°144 m11.9 mi
Minor's HillWNW 298°140 m10.9 mi
Freedom HillWNW 294°140 m15.6 mi
Prout HillWNW 287°137 m12.1 mi
Upton HillWNW 288°125 m9.5 mi
Point RenoNNW 328°123 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 3 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle30 obs
  • Domestic Cat29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer25 obs
  • American sweetgum25 obs
  • American Robin24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/242673110

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