Griffith Park
Griffith Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 164 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundown Road Local Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 7.9 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 164 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 9.5 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 11.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 15 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 15 mi
- West View · 15 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sundown Road Local Park: 1.1 mi
- Laytonsville Park: 2.3 mi
- Laytonsville Local Park: 2.3 mi
- Mount Zion Park: 3.3 mi
- Muncaster Manor Park: 3.9 mi
- Upper Rock Creek Local Park: 3.0 mi
- Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park: 4.1 mi
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 4.5 mi
- Hunters Woods Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
- Goshen Elm Conservation Park: 5.3 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 4.2 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 8.7 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 10.2 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 12.8 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 12.9 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 6.7 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 7.1 mi
- Fire Museum: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 7.6 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 6.5 mi
- Adventure Nursery: 8.2 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 8.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 9.8 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 7.6 mi
- Lafayette's Tour: 7.9 mi
- Cooksville: 8.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 8.8 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 8.5 mi
- Celebración: 8.7 mi
- Hayley's World: 8.7 mi
- Fruit Mural: 8.7 mi
- Cosmic Coffee: 8.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 7.6 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Quail Ridge: 9.5 mi
- Black Hill: 9.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 10.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 14.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 18.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 19.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 2.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 2.1 mi
- Friction Wall: 17.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 17.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 17.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 18.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 19.9 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.1 mi
- Great Falls: 17.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 18.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 18.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 18.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 18.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 21.9 mi
- Daniels: 17.4 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.5 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Griffith Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 279° | 387 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 306° | 373 m | 24.6 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 263° | 361 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pine Rock | WNW 285° | 346 m | 22.8 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NW 305° | 341 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 268° | 235 m | 24.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 332° | 203 m | 24.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ENE 75° | 169 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 7 mi away.
- American Toad17 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
- Wood Frog13 obs
- Green Frog12 obs
- Spotted Salamander10 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly8 obs
- Pickerel Frog7 obs
- Black-and-gold Flat Millipede6 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/358251736
Day trips start here
- Olney · 6 mi
- Montgomery County · 7 mi
- Germantown · 8 mi
- Gaithersburg · 9 mi
- Rockville · 10 mi
- Glenmont · 11 mi
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