Black Hill Regional Park
Black Hill Regional Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 133 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 133 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 4.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 12.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 7 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 7 mi
- West View · 7 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waters Landing Local Park: 1.0 mi
- Leaman Local Park: 1.5 mi
- Germantown Town Center Urban Park: 1.6 mi
- Jaeger Overlook Park: 1.7 mi
- Germantown Square Urban Park: 1.7 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 1.4 mi
- Cabin Branch Stream Valley Park: 1.8 mi
- Waters House Special Park: 2.2 mi
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park: 2.8 mi
- Bucklodge Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.0 mi
- Mooseum: 2.9 mi
- Fire Museum: 6.3 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 6.5 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 8.4 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 9.5 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 3.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 3.4 mi
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 5.7 mi
- Inspiration Park: 5.8 mi
- The Cliff Bland Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- Historic Cupola: 3.9 mi
- Historic Cupola: 3.9 mi
- Historic Cupola: 3.9 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 5.0 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 5.7 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 4.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.4 mi
- Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 11.5 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 7.3 mi
- Monocacy Aqueduct: 8.7 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 8.8 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 8.9 mi
- Lock 27: 8.9 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 3.7 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Quail Ridge: 4.2 mi
- Black Hill: 0.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 9.0 mi
- Nokes Hill: 13.1 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 14.7 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 13.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 20.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 21.7 mi
- Great Falls: 13.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.2 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.4 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 20.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 22.1 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Harmony Grove: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Hill Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NNW 330° | 472 m | 21.5 mi |
| Maryland Heights | WNW 295° | 444 m | 24.8 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | WNW 284° | 441 m | 22.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 313° | 387 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NNW 328° | 373 m | 20.0 mi |
| Purcell Knob | W 281° | 368 m | 24.8 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 268° | 361 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WNW 291° | 349 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Bluebird90 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail90 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly90 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk85 obs
- White-tailed Deer81 obs
- American Goldfinch78 obs
- Great Blue Heron69 obs
- wineberry63 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358251673
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 2 mi
- Gaithersburg · 6 mi
- Montgomery County · 6 mi
- Rockville · 11 mi
- Olney · 12 mi
- Great Falls · 13 mi
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