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Christmas Tree Park

Christmas Tree Park from directly overhead

Christmas Tree Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 313 m. High Rock stands 353 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlotte's Quest Nature Center, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway runs past it. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
313 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.66653, -76.87644

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pine Valley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Westside Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Westside Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cape Horn Park: 1.6 mi
  • North Carroll Community Pond: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Luna Moth Project: 6.0 mi
  • Wild Imaginings: 9.0 mi
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue: 13.5 mi
  • The Last Samurai: 16.0 mi
  • Maryland in Blue and Gray: 16.1 mi
Museums: 44
Gardens: 42
  • Filbert/Diller Corner Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Scott Brown Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Kids Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 15.5 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Carroll County Highpoint: 4.1 mi
  • Beecher Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Saubel Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Spook Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Dover Hill: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cape Horn Picnic Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Timber Tent: 15.9 mi
  • Pecos Tent: 15.9 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Koontz Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Spangler's Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Menchey’s Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Katelysine Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • \: 14.9 mi
  • Setters Formation: 16.4 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 23.3 mi
  • Old Quarry: 24.6 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 344°353 m14.1 mi
Carroll County HighpointNW 321°344 m4.1 mi
Beecher HillN 10°324 m4.8 mi
Huntrick HillNNE 27°310 m10.5 mi
Pigeon HillNNW 332°285 m15.0 mi
Saubel HillNNE 29°277 m8.0 mi
Round HillNNW 332°250 m22.4 mi
Big Round TopWNW 293°235 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4119:5920:39
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2616:0416:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536270757367554536
Precip in3.62.94.13.84.03.84.74.25.14.23.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millers 4 NE, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • wineberry13 obs
  • Bold-feathered Grass Moth13 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander12 obs
  • American tuliptree11 obs
  • eastern poison ivy11 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail11 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed11 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/106194620

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