Glenora Park
Glenora Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 114 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Woottons Mill Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Woottons Mill Park: 0.5 mi
- Fallsgrove Stream Valley: 0.6 mi
- Village Green Park: 0.7 mi
- Woodley Gardens Park: 0.8 mi
- Fallsmead Park: 0.9 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 1.6 mi
- Upward Bound: 1.8 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 2.0 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 2.0 mi
- The Flow of History: 2.0 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 1.6 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 3.8 mi
- Fire Museum: 3.9 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.0 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 4.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 3.6 mi
- Inspiration Park: 3.7 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 4.2 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2.2 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 2.3 mi
- Cabin John Station: 4.1 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 4.9 mi
- Riverbend Park Nature Center: 5.6 mi
- Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 3.1 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 5.2 mi
- No Place Like Home: 6.8 mi
- Hawk Island: 7.3 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.9 mi
- Lake Placid Dam: 3.2 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.8 mi
- Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 3.9 mi
- Quail Ridge: 5.2 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 7.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 0.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.7 mi
- Black Hill: 9.2 mi
- Point Reno: 11.0 mi
- Gantt Hill: 11.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Friction Wall: 24.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 9.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 10.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 12.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 16.8 mi
- Great Falls: 7.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 13.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glenora Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 318° | 387 m | 16.5 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 288° | 361 m | 21.9 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 311° | 346 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 294° | 235 m | 22.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 272° | 187 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 261° | 156 m | 0.7 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 193° | 156 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 319° | 148 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer337 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel236 obs
- Northern Cardinal181 obs
- American Robin164 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee156 obs
- Red Fox142 obs
- Canada Goose113 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle107 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 way/374791336
Day trips start here
- Rockville · 2 mi
- Gaithersburg · 4 mi
- Montgomery County · 4 mi
- Potomac · 5 mi
- Kensington · 7 mi
- Germantown · 8 mi
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