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Fairview Park

Fairview Park from directly overhead

Fairview Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 95 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is SISYPHUS, a artwork 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
95 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.00080, -77.03031

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • SISYPHUS: 0.1 mi
  • BOTERO BALLERINAS: 0.2 mi
  • BIO WALL: 0.2 mi
  • A BRUSHSTROKE OF DISCOVERY: 0.4 mi
  • PENGUIN RUSH HOUR: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • Woodside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ellsworth Urban Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kramer Urban Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gene Lynch Urban Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sonny's Green: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Koiner Farm: 0.6 mi
  • Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Shepherd Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Takoma Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 36
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Silver Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 7.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 32°169 m23.9 mi
Hunting HillWNW 303°156 m10.7 mi
Gantt HillWSW 244°156 m12.1 mi
Black HillNW 312°148 m19.3 mi
Mount DanielSW 229°144 m10.8 mi
Minor's HillSW 226°140 m9.6 mi
Freedom HillWSW 245°140 m12.6 mi
Prout HillSW 227°137 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
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–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, 6 mi away.

  • Pond Slider1,418 obs
  • Painted Turtle1,308 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel785 obs
  • American Bullfrog783 obs
  • American Robin720 obs
  • White-tailed Deer687 obs
  • Great Blue Heron676 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle575 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/38745010

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