Bedfordshire Park
Bedfordshire Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 101 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregerscroft Neighborhood Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Elevation
- 101 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregerscroft Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Potomac Community Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Highland Stone Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
- Glen Hills Park: 1.6 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church playground: 1.6 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 2.2 mi
- Riverbend Park Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Cabin John Station: 3.1 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 3.2 mi
- Maryland Mine: 3.6 mi
- Windsor Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Charred Oak Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Rock Run Stream Valley Park: 4.2 mi
- Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure(2017) by Richard Serra: 2.3 mi
- Clay Houses: Boulder-Room-Holes(2007-08) by Andy Goldsworthy: 2.4 mi
- Two Partially Buried Sinks (1985) by Robert Gober: 2.4 mi
- Untitled (2005) by Ellsworth Kelly: 2.4 mi
- Sylvester (2001) by Richard Serra: 2.5 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 2.6 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 3.9 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 4.5 mi
- Ratner Museum: 4.8 mi
- Clara Barton House: 6.3 mi
- Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 4.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Mather Gorge: 4.2 mi
- Mather Gorge marker: 4.2 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 5.1 mi
- No Place Like Home: 6.7 mi
- Hawk Island: 7.2 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 7.4 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 4.9 mi
- Quail Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Hunting Hill: 2.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.5 mi
- Gantt Hill: 8.3 mi
- Freedom Hill: 8.6 mi
- Point Reno: 9.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 10.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 11.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 12.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 17.0 mi
- Great Falls: 4.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 5.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 5.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 17.8 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 4.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 4.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 13.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 13.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.4 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bedfordshire Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 326° | 387 m | 18.1 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 297° | 361 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 302° | 235 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 280° | 187 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | N 9° | 156 m | 2.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | S 190° | 156 m | 8.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 333° | 148 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | S 173° | 144 m | 10.2 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 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer202 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel157 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee156 obs
- Northern Cardinal154 obs
- Monarch125 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle117 obs
- Red Fox100 obs
- Fantail Darter95 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/374791200
Day trips start here
- Potomac · 2 mi
- Rockville · 4 mi
- Great Falls · 5 mi
- Gaithersburg · 6 mi
- Bethesda · 7 mi
- Kensington · 7 mi
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