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Goshen Recreational Park

Goshen Recreational Park from directly overhead

Goshen Recreational Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 143 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeane Onufry Park at Clarksburg Village, a park 1.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
143 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.22399, -77.21748

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jeane Onufry Park at Clarksburg Village: 1.4 mi
  • Arora Hills Local Park: 1.5 mi
  • Weeping Willow Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ridge Road Recreational Park: 1.7 mi
  • Milton M. Kaufmann Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Beall Homestead: 5.1 mi
  • Clopper Mill Ruins: 5.2 mi
  • Clopper Mill Ruins: 5.2 mi
  • Norwood Tobacco Barn: 5.2 mi
  • Earl's Picnic Spot: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Carousel at Rio: 7.4 mi
  • Oakley Cabin: 8.3 mi
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: 10.5 mi
  • Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 12.4 mi
  • Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 53
  • Blue Sky Park: 2.6 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 40
Springs: 8
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 17.7 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Sycamore Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 9.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High KnobNW 318°472 m22.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 286°387 m9.8 mi
Ridge HillNW 315°373 m20.9 mi
Waterford PeakW 262°361 m19.2 mi
Pine RockWNW 291°346 m17.9 mi
Jigger HillNW 313°341 m20.6 mi
Bald MountainW 269°235 m18.8 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 344°203 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4319:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2616:0716:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371757467564537
Precip in3.43.04.03.64.44.74.54.24.84.03.53.9

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad24 obs
  • Black Swallowtail23 obs
  • Huron Skipper23 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail22 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage21 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary21 obs
  • Northern Two-lined Salamander19 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle18 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 node/358251728

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