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Antietam Dargan Community Park

Antietam Dargan Community Park from directly overhead

Antietam Dargan Community Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Catoctin Mountain stands 572 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 37, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
165 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.37706, -77.73244

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
  • Memorial Plaque to the Provisional Army of the United States of America: 1.0 mi
  • Fort Duncan: 2.6 mi
  • Dam Number 3: 3.0 mi
  • Dam Number 3: 3.1 mi
  • Naval Battery: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Chestnut Grove Park: 2.2 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Harpers Ferry Children's Park: 3.6 mi
  • Bolivar Community Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sam Michaels Park: 4.9 mi
Museums: 42
Nature reserves: 22
Artworks: 17
Springs: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Dargan Bend: 1.0 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 16.1 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Four Square Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Native Pollinator Meadow: 16.2 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
  • River Access: 18.1 mi
  • River Access: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Antietam Dargan Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Catoctin MountainNE 37°572 m23.5 mi
Salamander RockNE 43°562 m19.0 mi
Black RockNNE 28°549 m15.4 mi
Annapolis RockNNE 30°538 m14.4 mi
Lambs KnollNE 49°536 m7.5 mi
Lambs KnollNE 49°536 m7.5 mi
Bob's HillNE 43°535 m21.1 mi
Black RockNE 43°526 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4520:0220:42
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:2816:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526170747366544435
Precip in3.12.43.73.64.64.24.33.34.43.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 2 mi away.

  • Dutchman's breeches30 obs
  • Virginia bluebells29 obs
  • common pawpaw28 obs
  • twinleaf24 obs
  • American bladdernut23 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort22 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail22 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/1062557799

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