Park · Maryland
Chestnut Grove Park
Chestnut Grove Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawks Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washington County Government
How to reach it
Coordinates39.39915, -77.70243
- 1.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 1.0 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 7.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Georgians Overlook · 4 mi
- Stone Fort · 4 mi
- Weverton Cliffs · 5 mi
- White Rocks · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hawks Hill: 0.3 mi
- Red Hill: 3.7 mi
- Maryland Heights: 4.1 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 4.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
- Memorial Plaque to the Provisional Army of the United States of America: 1.5 mi
- 1887 Barn ruins: 3.4 mi
- War Correspondents Memorial Arch: 3.4 mi
- Munford's Brigade and Mahone's Brigade: 3.6 mi
- 11 Connecticut Volunteers: 3.8 mi
Attractions
- Lock 37: 2.0 mi
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct: 2.6 mi
- Lock 34: 5.0 mi
- Lock 31: 5.0 mi
- Lock 35: 5.0 mi
Parks
- Antietam Dargan Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Mount Briar Wetlands Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Burkittsville Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 4.9 mi
- Harpers Ferry Children's Park: 5.5 mi
Museums: 40
- Gathland State Park Museum: 3.4 mi
- South Mountain Heritage Society: 3.9 mi
- Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 5.1 mi
- Civil War Medical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Pry House Field Hospital Museum: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 2.5 mi
- McClellan's Lookup Fire Tower: 3.7 mi
- Lambs Knoll Fire Tower: 5.3 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 5.5 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 16
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 11.9 mi
- Spire: 15.4 mi
- WINDSWEPT: 15.5 mi
- Water Lily Swirl: 15.6 mi
- Water Lily Wave: 15.6 mi
Springs: 9
- Annapolis Rock Spring: 12.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 12.4 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 12.8 mi
- Cooper Springs: 12.9 mi
- Spout Spring: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Dargan Bend: 3.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 15.7 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Owens Creek Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 5
- Four Square Garden: 8.2 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 17.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 22.0 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 23.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- River Access: 20.2 mi
- River Access: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Old Dam Waterfall: 3.8 mi
- Cunningham Falls: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Sevenfoot Rock: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Harmony Grove: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Chestnut Grove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirauk Mountain | NNE 26° | 654 m | 22.9 mi |
| Catoctin Mountain | NE 36° | 572 m | 21.3 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NE 43° | 562 m | 16.7 mi |
| High Rock | NNE 25° | 559 m | 22.6 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 25° | 549 m | 13.3 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 27° | 538 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NE 50° | 536 m | 5.3 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NE 50° | 536 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sharpsburg 5 S, 1 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly15 obs
- Common Box Turtle14 obs
- wineberry14 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail11 obs
- Dutchman's breeches7 obs
- American Toad7 obs
- Japanese Beetle7 obs
- bloodroot6 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 way/1030701097
Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 5 mi
- Sharpsburg · 5 mi
- Shepherdstown · 6 mi
- Brunswick · 7 mi
- Boonsboro · 8 mi
- Middletown · 9 mi
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