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H P Johnson Park

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H P Johnson Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Barlowe Road Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.92456, -76.85664

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 4.0 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 4.4 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 4.5 mi
  • Asian Collections: 5.4 mi
  • Dogwood Collection: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • LEAFHouse: 6.9 mi
  • John Smilie: 7.1 mi
  • David Walker: 7.1 mi
  • Nathaniel Hazard: 7.1 mi
  • William Pinkney: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 59
Peaks: 33
Beaches: 20
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 270°156 m20.2 mi
Hunting HillWNW 301°156 m21.4 mi
Mount DanielW 264°144 m17.6 mi
Minor's HillW 265°140 m16.3 mi
Freedom HillW 270°140 m20.8 mi
Prout HillW 261°137 m18.3 mi
Upton HillWSW 258°125 m16.0 mi
Point RenoW 279°123 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372777668564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenn Dale Bell STN, 4 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal27 obs
  • Common Box Turtle27 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • Domestic Cat21 obs
  • Mourning Dove17 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Blue Jay14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358253295

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