Waters House Special Park
Waters House Special Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Road Recreational Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This 3.9-acre park consists of a house and farm structures that span more than 100 years of Montgomery County's agricultural and equine racing history.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 11.9 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 8 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 8 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 8 mi
- West View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridge Road Recreational Park: 0.8 mi
- Waters Landing Local Park: 1.2 mi
- Clarksburg Local Park: 1.3 mi
- Weeping Willow Park: 1.5 mi
- Jeane Onufry Park at Clarksburg Village: 1.5 mi
- Cabin Branch Stream Valley Park: 1.9 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 3.5 mi
- Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.6 mi
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park: 3.9 mi
- Little Bennett Creek Stream Valley Park: 4.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 3.7 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 3.7 mi
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 5.1 mi
- Norwood Tobacco Barn: 5.2 mi
- Beall Homestead: 5.3 mi
- Historic Cupola: 4.2 mi
- Historic Cupola: 4.2 mi
- Historic Cupola: 4.2 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 6.0 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 6.0 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.3 mi
- Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 10.8 mi
- Mooseum: 4.6 mi
- Fire Museum: 5.6 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.7 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 6.5 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 10.1 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 6.9 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 10.3 mi
- Monocacy Aqueduct: 10.4 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 10.5 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 2.2 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Quail Ridge: 4.7 mi
- Black Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 9.0 mi
- Nokes Hill: 14.9 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 13.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 15.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 17.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 19.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 21.1 mi
- Great Falls: 14.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.3 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 22.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.3 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 20.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 22.2 mi
- Harmony Grove: 18.6 mi
- Daniels: 24.9 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waters House Special Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NW 325° | 472 m | 21.7 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | W 280° | 441 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 298° | 387 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 321° | 373 m | 20.3 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 265° | 361 m | 16.9 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WNW 287° | 349 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pine Rock | WNW 297° | 346 m | 16.4 mi |
| White Rock | WNW 286° | 346 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374791691
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 2 mi
- Gaithersburg · 5 mi
- Montgomery County · 6 mi
- Rockville · 10 mi
- Olney · 11 mi
- Potomac · 13 mi
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