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Beltsville North Park

Beltsville North Park from directly overhead

Beltsville North Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 58 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Beltsville North Neighborhood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
58 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.05419, -76.91335

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beltsville North Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Calverton Park: 1.2 mi
  • Vansville Park: 1.3 mi
  • Chestnut Hill Park: 1.4 mi
  • Cross Creek Club Local Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Blue Ponds Park: 2.3 mi
  • Calverton Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
  • Duvall Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Fairdale Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Miles Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • College Park Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Hamilton Cemetery: 4.4 mi
  • Point of Failure: 5.1 mi
  • Site of College Park Airport: 5.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks: 38
Beaches: 15
  • Fishing Shore: 14.0 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 18.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • Indian Springs: 3.9 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.6 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 21°169 m17.8 mi
Hunting HillW 278°156 m15.4 mi
Gantt HillWSW 243°156 m19.3 mi
Black HillWNW 294°148 m22.6 mi
Mount DanielSW 233°144 m18.1 mi
Minor's HillSW 232°140 m16.8 mi
Freedom HillWSW 243°140 m19.9 mi
Prout HillSW 232°137 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

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

  • Pond Slider202 obs
  • Black Vulture86 obs
  • Common Box Turtle49 obs
  • Great Blue Heron46 obs
  • White-tailed Deer42 obs
  • Northern Cardinal38 obs
  • Huron Skipper38 obs
  • Hooded Merganser34 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 node/358253160

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