Winter's Run Local Park
Winter's Run Local Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 130 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Redland Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 130 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 12.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 13.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 12 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 12 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Redland Park: 0.7 mi
- Bowie Mill Local Park;Bowie Mill Park: 0.9 mi
- Laytonia Recreational Park: 0.9 mi
- Mill Creek Towne Park: 0.9 mi
- Blueberry Hill Local Park: 1.6 mi
- Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.0 mi
- Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 2.1 mi
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 3.0 mi
- Upper Rock Creek Local Park: 3.1 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 2.8 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 3.3 mi
- Upward Bound: 3.8 mi
- Synergy: 3.8 mi
- Celebración: 3.9 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 3.2 mi
- Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 5.5 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 6.0 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 3.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Inspiration Park: 6.0 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 3.8 mi
- Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 6.0 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 7.5 mi
- Children's Garden: 7.8 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 3.9 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 4.2 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Cabin John Station: 7.5 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 7.9 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Quail Ridge: 6.5 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- South Terrace: 7.7 mi
- Hunting Hill: 5.3 mi
- Black Hill: 9.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.3 mi
- Point Reno: 13.5 mi
- Linnean Hill: 14.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 5.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 5.7 mi
- Friction Wall: 20.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.2 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 6.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 11.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 13.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 16.2 mi
- Great Falls: 11.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.6 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 16.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 20.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Daniels: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Winter's Run Local Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 301° | 387 m | 16.2 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 277° | 361 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pine Rock | WNW 299° | 346 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 283° | 235 m | 23.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ENE 59° | 169 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | SW 221° | 156 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 200° | 156 m | 15.9 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 289° | 148 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer193 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel186 obs
- Monarch151 obs
- Red Fox142 obs
- Northern Cardinal102 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail85 obs
- Eastern Bluebird84 obs
- wineberry82 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/374791714
Day trips start here
- Montgomery County · 4 mi
- Olney · 4 mi
- Rockville · 4 mi
- Gaithersburg · 5 mi
- Glenmont · 7 mi
- Germantown · 8 mi
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