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E. E. Halmos Park

E. E. Halmos Park from directly overhead

E. E. Halmos Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bodmer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
109 m

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Poolesville

How to reach it

Coordinates39.13393, -77.40978

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bodmer Park: 0.1 mi
  • Beaver Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hoewing Park: 0.4 mi
  • Campbell Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dr. Dillingham Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Poolesville Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • butterfly garden: 7.9 mi
  • butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Schwartz Peony Garden: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Icehouse: 5.5 mi
  • Well House: 5.6 mi
  • Carriage House: 5.6 mi
  • 2-chambered Granary: 5.6 mi
  • Seneca Quarry: 5.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 57
  • Smiths Switch Station: 7.8 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 8.3 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Springs: 11
Beaches: 6
  • Sycamore Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 22.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 12.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Truck Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.9 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of E. E. Halmos Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobNNW 349°472 m23.2 mi
NeersvilleWNW 291°467 m20.6 mi
Maryland HeightsNW 311°444 m21.8 mi
Raven RocksW 271°443 m22.8 mi
Short Hill MountainWNW 301°441 m18.4 mi
Signal MountainSW 222°413 m23.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 6°387 m8.9 mi
White RockSW 223°387 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473777669574637
Precip in3.12.63.83.54.94.64.13.74.14.03.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 12 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle37 obs
  • Green-striped Grasshopper24 obs
  • Sandhill Crane13 obs
  • Tree Swallow8 obs
  • Monarch8 obs
  • Red-legged Grasshopper8 obs
  • Huron Skipper8 obs
  • Painted Turtle7 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/117751844

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