Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 102 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South Terrace, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 8.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 102 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery County Parks
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- South Terrace: 0.0 mi
- Spectator Area: 0.3 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 0.3 mi
- Pond Classroom: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 5.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.0 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 0.1 mi
- Maple Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Yew Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 2.8 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 2.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Photo captions: 3.0 mi
- The Only Time is Now: 0.1 mi
- Kensington Moai: 2.5 mi
- Bear Bench: 2.7 mi
- Howling Dog: 2.8 mi
- Who Let the Dogs Out: 2.8 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 3.5 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 3.5 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 4.6 mi
- Ratner Museum: 5.2 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 0.5 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 0.5 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 2.1 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 3.2 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 6.0 mi
- Saddlebrook Local Park: 0.7 mi
- Glenfield Local Park: 0.9 mi
- Westchester HOA park: 1.1 mi
- Kemp Mill Urban Park: 1.2 mi
- Wheaton Veteran's Urban Park: 1.4 mi
- Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Bonifant Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Point Reno: 7.6 mi
- Linnean Hill: 8.4 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 8.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 8.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 8.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.4 mi
- Friction Wall: 19.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 4.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 5.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.9 mi
- Great Falls: 12.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 21.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 10.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.8 mi
- Daniels: 21.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brookside Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 307° | 387 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 38° | 169 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 8.8 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 229° | 156 m | 13.9 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 303° | 148 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 215° | 144 m | 13.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 211° | 140 m | 12.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 230° | 140 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 6 mi away.
- Pond Slider1,309 obs
- Canada Goose1,114 obs
- American Robin1,024 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel913 obs
- Northern Cardinal650 obs
- White-tailed Deer626 obs
- Painted Turtle611 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird573 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/850315465
Day trips start here
- Glenmont · 1 mi
- Wheaton · 1 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 3 mi
- Kensington · 3 mi
- Capital Region · 4 mi
- Silver Spring · 5 mi
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