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Brunswick Heights Park

Brunswick Heights Park from directly overhead

Brunswick Heights Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 133 m. Catoctin Mountain stands 572 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Square Corner Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
133 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.32291, -77.62665

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Square Corner Park: 0.7 mi
  • Railroad Park: 0.7 mi
  • Railroad View Park: 0.8 mi
  • Brunswick City Park: 0.9 mi
  • Brunswick Dog Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Gum Springs Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Frederick County: 2.3 mi
  • Goodloe E Byron: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Gold Star Families Memorial: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Museums: 43
Nature reserves: 37
Artworks: 27
Picnic sites: 12
  • Dargan Bend: 6.7 mi
  • Nolands Ferry: 9.3 mi
  • Public Grills & Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 20.4 mi
  • Smiths Switch Station: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 10
Springs: 9
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
  • River Access: 18.3 mi
  • River Access: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Brunswick Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Catoctin MountainNNE 21°572 m24.1 mi
Salamander RockNNE 23°562 m19.0 mi
Black RockN 5°549 m17.4 mi
Annapolis RockN 5°538 m16.3 mi
Lambs KnollN 360°536 m8.7 mi
Lambs KnollN 360°536 m8.7 mi
Bob's HillNNE 25°535 m21.1 mi
Black RockNNE 23°526 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4520:0120:41
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2816:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526170747366544435
Precip in3.12.43.73.64.64.24.33.34.43.43.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 7 mi away.

  • Virginia Springbeauty59 obs
  • White-tailed Deer46 obs
  • box elder43 obs
  • Virginia bluebells43 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Zebra Swallowtail40 obs
  • Central Ratsnake38 obs
  • wineberry34 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/436147446

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