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Kemp Mill Urban Park

Kemp Mill Urban Park from directly overhead

Kemp Mill Urban Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 120 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheaton Forest Park, a park 0.7 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 8.4 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
120 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Montgomery Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.04164, -77.03006

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Fragrance Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Children's Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Maple Terrace: 1.2 mi
  • Yew Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 1.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
  • Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 35
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Fishing Shore: 9.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 308°387 m24.7 mi
Chestnut HillNE 35°169 m21.5 mi
Hunting HillWNW 288°156 m9.5 mi
Gantt HillSW 234°156 m13.5 mi
Black HillNW 305°148 m17.6 mi
Mount DanielSW 219°144 m12.9 mi
Minor's HillSW 216°140 m11.8 mi
Freedom HillSW 234°140 m14.1 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 solstice07:2416:0716:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider2,167 obs
  • Painted Turtle1,616 obs
  • American Robin1,421 obs
  • Canada Goose1,406 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,214 obs
  • Northern Cardinal916 obs
  • White-tailed Deer825 obs
  • Great Blue Heron822 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481450818

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