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Berkshire Neighborhood Park

Berkshire Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Berkshire Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 88 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Suitland Bog Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
88 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.84542, -76.90231

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 1.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 1.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 1.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 1.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 3.4 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 3.5 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 4.5 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 59
Peaks: 32
Beaches: 15
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 287°156 m18.6 mi
Hunting HillNW 316°156 m22.9 mi
Mount DanielWNW 284°144 m15.5 mi
Minor's HillWNW 286°140 m14.3 mi
Freedom HillWNW 286°140 m19.1 mi
Prout HillW 279°137 m15.8 mi
Upton HillW 279°125 m13.3 mi
Point RenoNW 308°123 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 6 mi away.

  • fan clubmoss61 obs
  • cinnamon fern54 obs
  • sweetbay magnolia49 obs
  • American Royal Fern49 obs
  • striped wintergreen45 obs
  • Common Box Turtle43 obs
  • poison sumac43 obs
  • American sweetgum38 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/242775160

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