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Benson Branch Environmental Area

Benson Branch Environmental Area from directly overhead

Benson Branch Environmental Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 146 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is West Friendship Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 2.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
146 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.26733, -76.95637

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Friendship Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pfefferkorn Natural Environmental Area: 2.3 mi
  • Howard County Fairgrounds: 3.1 mi
  • Warfield Pond Park: 3.5 mi
  • Kiwanis-Wallas Park: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Commons Tower: 4.0 mi
  • "Family" Statue: 5.5 mi
  • Azlon: 6.6 mi
  • Bear Statues: 8.8 mi
  • old bank vault door: 10.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Adventure Nursery: 5.4 mi
  • John L. Clark Honors Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Brighton Azalea Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Children's Garden: 6.3 mi
Museums
  • Howard County Center of African American Culture: 6.2 mi
  • Howard County Center of African-American Culture: 6.2 mi
  • Gate House Museum of History: 7.4 mi
  • Ellicott City Colored School: 7.8 mi
  • Museum of Howard County History: 8.4 mi
Attractions
  • Main Street Ballroom: 8.4 mi
  • Oakley Cabin: 8.6 mi
  • Dogwood Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir: 9.8 mi
  • Tardis: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • Midtown Park Gazebo: 8.0 mi
  • Hollofield Shelters: 9.3 mi
  • Pickall Area: 9.6 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 11.1 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 33
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 8
  • Sandy Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Crises Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Indian Springs: 18.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Beaches: 2
  • Purplehorse Beach: 24.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Benson Branch Environmental Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainW 269°387 m23.4 mi
Ivy HillNE 49°200 m20.1 mi
Oregon RidgeNE 43°191 m21.0 mi
Chestnut HillENE 77°169 m8.8 mi
The BunkerNNE 16°157 m13.5 mi
Hunting HillSW 226°156 m18.1 mi
Abell RidgeENE 60°155 m20.0 mi
Satyr HillENE 67°151 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4219:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2516:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745566574797871594839
Precip in3.52.74.23.84.44.44.23.84.74.43.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel 3 W, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail39 obs
  • Common Box Turtle28 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • Common Buckeye24 obs
  • North American Wheel Bug23 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary23 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly22 obs
  • Huron Skipper19 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 node/358248457

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