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Cabin Branch Park

Cabin Branch Park from directly overhead

Cabin Branch Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 127 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunters Woods Local Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
127 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.17266, -77.18348

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Goshen Elm Conservation Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hunters Woods Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 0.8 mi
  • Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 1.8 mi
  • Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Hayley's World: 3.8 mi
  • Celebración: 3.9 mi
  • Cosmic Coffee: 3.9 mi
  • Fruit Mural: 3.9 mi
  • Synergy: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Carousel at Rio: 3.9 mi
  • Oakley Cabin: 6.0 mi
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: 6.6 mi
  • Cabin John Station: 9.7 mi
  • Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Sky Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 42
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 6
  • Sandy Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Great Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.2 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 18.7 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cabin Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 299°387 m12.8 mi
Ridge HillNW 318°373 m24.7 mi
Waterford PeakW 273°361 m20.9 mi
Pine RockWNW 298°346 m21.1 mi
Jigger HillNW 317°341 m24.4 mi
Bald MountainW 279°235 m20.9 mi
Hogback MountainWSW 257°187 m23.3 mi
Chestnut HillENE 68°169 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4319:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566573787669574739
Precip in3.12.63.73.23.54.04.03.14.03.53.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer185 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel155 obs
  • Red Fox152 obs
  • Canada Goose126 obs
  • Northern Cardinal97 obs
  • Great Blue Heron88 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron68 obs
  • Common Box Turtle60 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358251706

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