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East Fairland Park

East Fairland Park from directly overhead

East Fairland Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Calverton-Galway Local Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.06553, -76.95256

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Calverton-Galway Local Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tanglewood Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cross Creek Club Local Park: 0.9 mi
  • West Fairland Local Park: 1.0 mi
  • Calverton Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Calverton Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Fairdale Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Duvall Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Miles Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Maydale Conservation Park: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • old bank vault door: 3.3 mi
  • The Only Time is Now: 4.5 mi
  • Testudo (Comcast Center): 4.9 mi
  • Osprey: 5.1 mi
  • Testudo (Maryland Stadium): 5.2 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks: 38
Cliffs: 9
Beaches: 8
  • Fishing Shore: 13.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 20.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Indian Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Stubblefield Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.8 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 28°169 m18.0 mi
Hunting HillW 276°156 m13.2 mi
Gantt HillWSW 237°156 m17.9 mi
Black HillWNW 295°148 m20.4 mi
Mount DanielSW 227°144 m16.9 mi
Minor's HillSW 225°140 m15.7 mi
Freedom HillWSW 238°140 m18.4 mi
Prout HillSW 225°137 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2416:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider515 obs
  • Painted Turtle187 obs
  • Black Vulture151 obs
  • Turkey Vulture147 obs
  • Great Blue Heron103 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird103 obs
  • Pharaoh Cicada100 obs
  • Northern Cardinal64 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/1054866372

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