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Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site

Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site from directly overhead

Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Mount Daniel stands 144 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Belt Woods Natural Environment Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Maryland Park Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91255, -76.76194

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 8.4 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 9.3 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 9.4 mi
  • The Island at Piney Orchard: 10.0 mi
  • Radichevich Garden: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 52
Peaks: 29
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanielW 268°144 m22.6 mi
Minor's HillW 268°140 m21.3 mi
Prout HillW 265°137 m23.3 mi
Upton HillW 263°125 m20.8 mi
Point RenoW 279°123 m17.1 mi
Spy HillW 262°114 m20.4 mi
Munson HillW 260°112 m20.9 mi
Mount AltoW 273°107 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473787669574738
Precip in3.02.73.93.44.14.24.24.14.54.13.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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