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Jesup Blair Park

Jesup Blair Park from directly overhead

Jesup Blair Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Juniper-Blair Neighborhood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.98463, -77.02471

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Juniper-Blair Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Silver Spring Intermediate Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fenton Street Urban Park: 0.3 mi
  • Belle Ziegler Park: 0.3 mi
  • Philadelphia Avenue Urban Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Shepherd Park Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Takoma Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Koiner Farm: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
  • Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Pinehurst Parkway: 1.8 mi
  • Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Little Forest Park: 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks: 36
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Silver Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Fishing Shore: 6.4 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 30°169 m24.7 mi
Hunting HillNW 307°156 m11.6 mi
Gantt HillWSW 250°156 m11.9 mi
Black HillNW 314°148 m20.3 mi
Mount DanielSW 235°144 m10.4 mi
Minor's HillSW 232°140 m9.1 mi
Freedom HillWSW 250°140 m12.5 mi
Prout HillSW 232°137 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer558 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel548 obs
  • mayapple447 obs
  • American Robin434 obs
  • lesser celandine411 obs
  • Christmas fern399 obs
  • Virginia bluebells354 obs
  • Western Honey Bee348 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 way/87489770

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