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Colby Neighborhood Park

Colby Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Colby Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Boyd Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97891, -76.99762

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Maple Avenue Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • TPPC Native Plant Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Takoma Recreational Center Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Takoma Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Roscoe: 0.8 mi
  • Playing In The Fields Of Lamond: 1.0 mi
  • From a Model to a Rainbow: 1.1 mi
  • The Silver Pass: 1.7 mi
  • Acorn: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
  • Pinehurst Parkway: 3.2 mi
  • Little Forest Park: 3.5 mi
  • Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 34
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Fishing Shore: 7.1 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 26°169 m24.4 mi
Hunting HillNW 304°156 m13.0 mi
Gantt HillWSW 254°156 m13.2 mi
Black HillNW 312°148 m21.6 mi
Mount DanielWSW 241°144 m11.4 mi
Minor's HillWSW 239°140 m10.1 mi
Freedom HillWSW 254°140 m13.7 mi
Prout HillWSW 237°137 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 5 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer519 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel410 obs
  • American Robin340 obs
  • Northern Cardinal223 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail200 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle199 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly188 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee182 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/374791256

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