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Hill Road Park

Hill Road Park from directly overhead

Hill Road Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 51 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hill Road Recreation Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
51 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90926, -76.85885

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 3.3 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 4.1 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 4.2 mi
  • Asian Collections: 5.2 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 60
Artworks
Attractions
  • John Gould Stephenson: 6.6 mi
  • David Walker: 6.6 mi
  • Hoover family: 6.6 mi
  • John Smilie: 6.6 mi
  • Nathaniel Hazard: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 33
Beaches: 20
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Silver Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 273°156 m20.1 mi
Hunting HillNW 304°156 m21.9 mi
Mount DanielW 267°144 m17.4 mi
Minor's HillW 269°140 m16.1 mi
Freedom HillW 273°140 m20.7 mi
Prout HillW 264°137 m18.0 mi
Upton HillW 261°125 m15.7 mi
Point RenoWNW 284°123 m12.0 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, 5 mi away.

  • Domestic Cat32 obs
  • Common Box Turtle28 obs
  • Northern Cardinal27 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • purple pitcher plant15 obs
  • Mourning Dove12 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 way/474677336

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