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Carriage Hills Park

Carriage Hills Park from directly overhead

Carriage Hills Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Carroll County Highpoint stands 344 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mardella Ridge Forest Buffer Forest Conservation Reservation, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 6.6 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.36727, -76.81254

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Stoneybrook North Local Open Space: 1.8 mi
  • Scotts Level Park: 2.0 mi
  • Stevenswood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Stoneybrook North Local Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • Owings Overlook Local Open Space: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • John L. Clark Honors Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Ferndale Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Leakin Park City Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Arlington INSPIRE Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 52
Peaks: 27
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pickall Area: 4.6 mi
  • Hollofield Shelters: 5.2 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 9.1 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 9.3 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Friction Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Quarry (former): 7.3 mi
  • Quarry (former): 7.4 mi
  • Quarry (former): 7.5 mi
  • Setters Formation: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 4
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Crises Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Marble Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Miami Beach: 24.0 mi
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Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carroll County HighpointNNW 346°344 m24.6 mi
Spook HillNNE 15°233 m19.2 mi
Ivy HillNE 49°200 m9.7 mi
Oregon RidgeNE 39°191 m10.7 mi
Chestnut HillS 170°169 m5.0 mi
The BunkerNNW 327°157 m7.3 mi
Abell RidgeENE 72°155 m10.1 mi
Satyr HillE 80°151 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4119:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2416:0516:48

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle36 obs
  • American tuliptree23 obs
  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Northern Cardinal16 obs
  • red maple16 obs
  • sassafras15 obs
  • wineberry14 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker14 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 way/236237144

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