Cheltenham Acres Recreation Area
Cheltenham Acres Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Mount Daniel stands 144 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Brandywine Area Recreation Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.8 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 68 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 10.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Religious Freedom Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 11 mi
- Viewing Area · 17 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 18 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brandywine Area Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Cheltenham Recreational Facility: 2.5 mi
- Family Seating Areas: 2.5 mi
- Cheltenham Tennis Courts: 2.5 mi
- Cheltenham Basketball Courts: 2.5 mi
- Cheltenham Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Waldorf Nrp Barracks: 4.5 mi
- Joseph Manning Hatchery: 5.4 mi
- Charles Branch Conservation Park: 5.4 mi
- Croom Natural Resource Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Surratt House: 4.7 mi
- Show Place Arena: 8.7 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 8.7 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 9.0 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar: 7.0 mi
- Grumann F6F Hellcat: 7.2 mi
- Columbia Air Center: 7.9 mi
- Railroad Monument: 8.8 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 8.9 mi
- The American Indian Village at Patuxent River Park: 8.2 mi
- Patuxent Rural Life Museums: 8.4 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 10.5 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 12.8 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 12.9 mi
- Upper Garden: 13.0 mi
- Lower Garden: 13.1 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 13.1 mi
- Patuxent Park Pavillion: 7.8 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 12.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 11.8 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 12.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 14.0 mi
- Hickey Hill: 15.2 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 15.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Brownie's Beach: 17.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.9 mi
- Breezy Point Beach: 18.9 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 19.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 19.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 20.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 20.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 21.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 23.2 mi
- Wilson: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cheltenham Acres Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Daniel | NW 306° | 144 m | 22.3 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 308° | 140 m | 21.5 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 302° | 137 m | 22.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | NW 305° | 125 m | 19.8 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 323° | 123 m | 20.8 mi |
| Spy Hill | NW 305° | 114 m | 19.2 mi |
| Munson Hill | WNW 303° | 112 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Alto | NW 320° | 107 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| 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.
- Red-tailed Hawk19 obs
- Killdeer17 obs
- Common Box Turtle14 obs
- Turkey Vulture11 obs
- American Kestrel10 obs
- butterfly milkweed10 obs
- Solitary Sandpiper9 obs
- Northern Mockingbird9 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 node/358253707
Day trips start here
- Waldorf · 5 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 7 mi
- Prince George's County · 8 mi
- Fort Washington · 9 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 9 mi
- Suitland · 10 mi
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