Brandywine Area Recreation Area
Brandywine Area Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Mount Daniel stands 144 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheltenham Acres Recreation Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 0.8 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 69 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 10 mi
- Viewing Area · 17 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 17 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheltenham Acres Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Cheltenham Recreational Facility: 3.4 mi
- Family Seating Areas: 3.4 mi
- Cheltenham Tennis Courts: 3.4 mi
- Cheltenham Basketball Courts: 3.4 mi
- Cheltenham Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Waldorf Nrp Barracks: 3.6 mi
- Joseph Manning Hatchery: 5.0 mi
- Charles Branch Conservation Park: 6.3 mi
- Croom Natural Resource Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Surratt House: 4.8 mi
- Show Place Arena: 9.6 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 9.7 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 10.3 mi
- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar: 7.4 mi
- Grumann F6F Hellcat: 7.7 mi
- Columbia Air Center: 8.8 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 9.2 mi
- Railroad Monument: 9.7 mi
- The American Indian Village at Patuxent River Park: 9.1 mi
- Patuxent Rural Life Museums: 9.3 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 10.1 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 10.6 mi
- MGM Lion: 10.3 mi
- The Awakening: 10.3 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 10.7 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 10.7 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 10.7 mi
- Upper Garden: 12.3 mi
- Lower Garden: 12.3 mi
- Fruit Garden & Nursery: 12.4 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 13.0 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 13.3 mi
- Patuxent Park Pavillion: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 13.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 11.6 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 12.7 mi
- Shooters Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hickey Hill: 15.5 mi
- Rose Hill: 15.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 16.6 mi
- Indian Head: 18.3 mi
- Brownie's Beach: 17.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 19.3 mi
- Breezy Point Beach: 19.5 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 20.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 20.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 20.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 21.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 23.3 mi
- Wilson: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brandywine Area Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Daniel | NW 308° | 144 m | 22.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 311° | 140 m | 21.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | NW 305° | 137 m | 21.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | NW 308° | 125 m | 19.5 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 326° | 123 m | 20.9 mi |
| Spy Hill | NW 308° | 114 m | 18.9 mi |
| Munson Hill | NW 305° | 112 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Alto | NW 323° | 107 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 10 mi away.
- Killdeer20 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk17 obs
- Solitary Sandpiper13 obs
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- American Kestrel10 obs
- Turkey Vulture10 obs
- butterfly milkweed10 obs
- Wild Turkey9 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 way/131921613
Day trips start here
- Waldorf · 4 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 7 mi
- Fort Washington · 9 mi
- Prince George's County · 9 mi
- National Harbor · 10 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 10 mi
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