- Elevation, modelled
- 116 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain387 m · 21.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway5.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0435, -77.1217
Josiah Henson Special Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled 116 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Josiah Henson Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Josiah Henson Special Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 316° | 387 m | 21.0 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 45° | 169 m | 24.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 305° | 156 m | 5.0 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 216° | 156 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 198° | 144 m | 10.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 192° | 140 m | 9.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 218° | 140 m | 10.6 mi |
- 5.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 7.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 11.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 7 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 7 mi
- Overlook 1 · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Josiah Henson Museum: 0.0 mi
- Ratner Museum: 1.6 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 3.4 mi
- KID Museum: 4.3 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 4.4 mi
- Wall Park: 0.2 mi
- Wall Local Park: 0.2 mi
- Luxmanor Local Park: 0.3 mi
- Luxmanor Park: 0.4 mi
- Robin Park: 0.4 mi
- Tetra Con Brio: 1.2 mi
- Sonata: 1.4 mi
- Agio: 1.6 mi
- Ruby Slippers: 2.3 mi
- Toto: 2.3 mi
- Cabin John Station: 1.6 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 3.0 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 3.8 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 4.0 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 4.3 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 1.8 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 2.1 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 2.1 mi
- Newport Mills: 2.1 mi
- No Place Like Home: 2.3 mi
- Hawk Island: 2.9 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 3.0 mi
- Learning Garden: 4.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.0 mi
- Pond Classroom: 4.1 mi
- Spectator Area: 4.4 mi
- South Terrace: 4.6 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 6.4 mi
- Hunting Hill: 5.0 mi
- Point Reno: 6.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.2 mi
- Linnean Hill: 8.4 mi
- Mount Alto: 8.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 12.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 12.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Friction Wall: 23.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 6.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.8 mi
- Great Falls: 7.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Daniels: 25.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 4 mi away.
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