Glenfield Local Park
Glenfield Local Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 124 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddlebrook Local Park, a park 0.3 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 9.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986
- Elevation
- 124 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddlebrook Local Park: 0.3 mi
- Middlevale Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
- Brookside Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Valleywood Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
- Pier: 1.4 mi
- South Terrace: 0.9 mi
- Spectator Area: 1.0 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 1.1 mi
- Pond Classroom: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 6.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.9 mi
- Idea Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
- Maple Terrace: 1.0 mi
- The Only Time is Now: 0.9 mi
- Kensington Moai: 2.7 mi
- Bear Bench: 3.0 mi
- Hold Your Light: 3.1 mi
- Howling Dog: 3.1 mi
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 2.3 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 2.3 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 2.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 4.1 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 4.1 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ratner Museum: 5.1 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 1.1 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 1.2 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 3.0 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 3.7 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 5.3 mi
- Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Bonifant Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Norwood Village Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
- Hunting Hill: 8.1 mi
- Point Reno: 8.2 mi
- Linnean Hill: 9.1 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 9.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.3 mi
- Friction Wall: 19.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 19.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 5.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.8 mi
- Great Falls: 12.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 21.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 11.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.2 mi
- Daniels: 21.2 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glenfield Local Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 306° | 387 m | 22.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 41° | 169 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 278° | 156 m | 8.1 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 225° | 156 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 302° | 148 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 211° | 144 m | 13.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 207° | 140 m | 12.8 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 226° | 140 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:07 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 6 mi away.
- Canada Goose1,049 obs
- American Robin962 obs
- Pond Slider945 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel865 obs
- Northern Cardinal632 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail534 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird523 obs
- White-tailed Deer523 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374791334
Day trips start here
- Glenmont · 0 mi
- Wheaton · 1 mi
- Kensington · 3 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 4 mi
- Capital Region · 5 mi
- Rockville · 5 mi
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