Bowie Mill Local Park;Bowie Mill Park
Bowie Mill Local Park;Bowie Mill Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Winter's Run Local Park, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 9.5 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 141 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 12.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 12 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 12 mi
- Great Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Great Falls Overlook 1 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winter's Run Local Park: 0.9 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.4 mi
- Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 3.0 mi
- Upper Rock Creek Local Park: 3.1 mi
- Redland Park: 1.5 mi
- Cashell Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
- Norbeck Grove: 1.6 mi
- Laytonia Recreational Park: 1.7 mi
- Mill Creek Towne Park: 1.8 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 3.4 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 3.7 mi
- The Flow of History: 4.0 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 4.2 mi
- Upward Bound: 4.5 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 3.7 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 4.3 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 4.7 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 7.2 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 7.2 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 3.7 mi
- Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 6.8 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 7.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 4.1 mi
- Fire Museum: 4.3 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 4.4 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 4.7 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 5.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 4.4 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 5.7 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 5.7 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- South Terrace: 7.1 mi
- Spectator Area: 7.1 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 7.2 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 5.8 mi
- Black Hill: 10.3 mi
- Point Reno: 13.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.6 mi
- Linnean Hill: 14.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 5.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 10.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 11.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 13.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 5.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 5.4 mi
- Friction Wall: 19.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.5 mi
- Great Falls: 12.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 19.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 15.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 20.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Daniels: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bowie Mill Local Park;Bowie Mill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 300° | 387 m | 17.1 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 277° | 361 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 283° | 235 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ENE 58° | 169 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Bunker | NNE 29° | 157 m | 25.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | SW 229° | 156 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 203° | 156 m | 16.1 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 289° | 148 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 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, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer218 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel179 obs
- Red Fox156 obs
- Northern Cardinal125 obs
- Eastern Bluebird104 obs
- Monarch103 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly94 obs
- wineberry89 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/374791216
Day trips start here
- Olney · 3 mi
- Montgomery County · 4 mi
- Rockville · 4 mi
- Gaithersburg · 6 mi
- Glenmont · 6 mi
- Wheaton · 7 mi
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