Watkins Regional Park
Watkins Regional Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area 12, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 12.4 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 13.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Viewing Area · 15 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 17 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Enterprise East Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
- Largo-Northampton Park: 1.9 mi
- Arbor Park: 1.9 mi
- Largo-Lottsford Community Park: 2.1 mi
- Largo-Lottsford Park: 2.2 mi
- Belt Woods Natural Environment Area: 2.5 mi
- Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 2.7 mi
- Walker Mill Regional Park: 3.9 mi
- Glenn Dale Estates Park: 4.4 mi
- Whitemarsh Park: 7.4 mi
- National Capital Radio & Television Museum: 4.5 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 5.4 mi
- Marietta House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Belair Stable Museum: 6.3 mi
- Lake View: 4.7 mi
- Lake Deborah: 4.7 mi
- William Beanes Gravesite: 5.4 mi
- Railroad Monument: 5.5 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 5.5 mi
- Show Place Arena: 5.9 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 6.0 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 9.5 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 6.2 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 7.3 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 7.4 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 8.0 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 8.1 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 7.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 7.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 7.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 7.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 0.3 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 7.9 mi
- Hickey Hill: 8.6 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 8.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 9.5 mi
- Barnard Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 14.3 mi
- Wild Rose Shores: 15.3 mi
- Selby Beach: 15.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 16.1 mi
- Triton Beach: 16.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 16.0 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 12.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 14.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 21.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 22.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 22.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi
- Wilson: 13.9 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Watkins Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 277° | 156 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 272° | 144 m | 20.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 19.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 24.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 269° | 137 m | 21.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 267° | 125 m | 18.7 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 287° | 123 m | 15.5 mi |
| Spy Hill | W 266° | 114 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 3 mi away.
- Virginia Springbeauty204 obs
- American Toad189 obs
- Green Frog139 obs
- bloodroot126 obs
- mayapple121 obs
- common pawpaw111 obs
- garlic mustard109 obs
- Coville's phacelia100 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/244244144
Day trips start here
- Largo · 2 mi
- Prince George's County · 5 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 5 mi
- Bowie · 6 mi
- New Carrollton · 7 mi
- Suitland · 7 mi
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