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Barlowe Road Park

Barlowe Road Park from directly overhead

Barlowe Road Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kentland Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
24 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.91896, -76.87382

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 3.0 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 3.4 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 3.5 mi
  • Asian Collections: 4.4 mi
  • Dogwood Collection: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites: 60
Attractions
  • John Smilie: 6.1 mi
  • David Walker: 6.1 mi
  • Nathaniel Hazard: 6.1 mi
  • William Pinkney: 6.1 mi
  • Elbridge Gerry: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 33
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 271°156 m19.3 mi
Hunting HillWNW 303°156 m20.8 mi
Mount DanielW 265°144 m16.7 mi
Minor's HillW 266°140 m15.3 mi
Freedom HillW 271°140 m19.8 mi
Prout HillW 261°137 m17.3 mi
Upton HillWSW 258°125 m15.0 mi
Point RenoWNW 282°123 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372777668564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenn Dale Bell STN, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle29 obs
  • Northern Cardinal24 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • Domestic Cat23 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • American sweetgum19 obs
  • Blue Jay17 obs
  • white clover16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/242857082

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