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Orchard Neighborhood Park

Orchard Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Orchard Neighborhood Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 128 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quince Orchard Valley Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
128 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montgomery Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.12227, -77.26098

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quince Orchard Valley Park: 0.7 mi
  • Inspiration Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kentlands Mansion: 1.2 mi
  • Main Street Park: 1.2 mi
  • Kentlands Green: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Lake Placid Dam: 1.6 mi
  • Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 4.0 mi
  • Berryville Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
  • Boyds Local Park: 4.9 mi
  • Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 4.9 mi
Gardens
  • Schwartz Peony Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Glenview Mansion Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 9.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites: 59
  • Quail Ridge: 1.2 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 45
Springs: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Great Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 17.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 324°387 m12.0 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 285°361 m17.3 mi
Pine RockNW 313°346 m19.7 mi
Jigger HillNNW 329°341 m24.6 mi
Bald MountainWNW 292°235 m17.8 mi
Hogback MountainW 265°187 m18.7 mi
Steptoe HillWSW 256°176 m23.1 mi
Hunting HillSE 127°156 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider93 obs
  • mountain laurel78 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty72 obs
  • crane-fly orchid69 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant68 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage67 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit67 obs
  • wineberry63 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/374791535

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