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Glenn Dale Estates Park

Glenn Dale Estates Park from directly overhead

Glenn Dale Estates Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake View, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
47 m

What to expect

Operated by
Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94933, -76.81468

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lake View: 0.3 mi
  • Lake Deborah: 0.3 mi
  • Hamilton Cemetery: 4.6 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • College Park Airport: 6.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites: 56
Peaks: 34
Beaches: 24
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillN 2°169 m23.9 mi
Gantt HillW 266°156 m22.5 mi
Hunting HillWNW 295°156 m22.6 mi
Mount DanielW 260°144 m20.1 mi
Minor's HillW 260°140 m18.7 mi
Freedom HillW 266°140 m23.1 mi
Prout HillWSW 257°137 m20.8 mi
Upton HillWSW 254°125 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372777668564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenn Dale Bell STN, 2 mi away.

  • Huron Skipper30 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • Mourning Dove22 obs
  • Painted Turtle22 obs
  • Common Whitetail22 obs
  • Common Box Turtle21 obs
  • Blue Dasher18 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/968563661

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