Fernwood Park
Fernwood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 103 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fernwood Local Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.4 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 103 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 4.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 12.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 5 mi
- Overlook 1 · 6 mi
- Overlook 2 · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fernwood Local Park: 0.0 mi
- McCrillis Gardens Special Park: 0.2 mi
- Wyngate Woods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Wyngate Woods Park: 0.4 mi
- Bradley Hills Park: 0.5 mi
- Ratner Museum: 1.1 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 2.5 mi
- KID Museum: 2.9 mi
- Clara Barton House: 3.0 mi
- Dopamine Land: 4.5 mi
- Charred Oak Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- English Court Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Windsor Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Locust Hill Neighborhood Park: 2.2 mi
- Cabin John Station: 1.8 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 1.9 mi
- Lock 8: 3.0 mi
- Lock 9: 3.0 mi
- Lock 10: 3.1 mi
- Sky Horizon Sculpture: 1.9 mi
- Sonata: 2.3 mi
- Tetra Con Brio: 2.4 mi
- Half-Twist: 2.5 mi
- Begin Twist: 2.5 mi
- Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 1.9 mi
- The Centennial Anchor: 2.1 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Pool: 3.0 mi
- Linda Weiner Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Topaz House West Garden: 3.1 mi
- Topaz House East Garden: 3.1 mi
- No Place Like Home: 3.3 mi
- Hawk Island: 3.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 3.8 mi
- Pond Classroom: 3.9 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 13: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 5.7 mi
- Point Reno: 5.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 6.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mount Alto: 6.9 mi
- Linnean Hill: 7.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 7.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 4.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 4.6 mi
- Great Falls: 6.2 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 5.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 14.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 14.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fernwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 322° | 387 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 328° | 156 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 221° | 156 m | 7.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 197° | 144 m | 8.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | S 188° | 140 m | 7.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 223° | 140 m | 8.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | SSW 198° | 137 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail226 obs
- White-tailed Deer225 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel194 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue191 obs
- Northern Cardinal159 obs
- Huron Skipper158 obs
- Christmas fern152 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper143 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358251826
Day trips start here
- Bethesda · 3 mi
- Kensington · 4 mi
- Potomac · 4 mi
- Rockville · 5 mi
- McLean · 6 mi
- Silver Spring · 6 mi
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