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Kings Local Park

Kings Local Park from directly overhead

Kings Local Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Lambs Knoll stands 536 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarksburg Triangle Urban Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Antietam Campaign Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
193 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.24495, -77.27573

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clarksburg Triangle Urban Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dowden's Ordinary Park: 0.6 mi
  • High Point Farm: 0.8 mi
  • Clarksburg Local Park: 1.5 mi
  • Tribute Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Earl's Picnic Spot: 2.3 mi
  • Norwood Tobacco Barn: 2.4 mi
  • Beall Homestead: 2.6 mi
  • Clopper Mill Ruins: 6.4 mi
  • Clopper Mill Ruins: 6.4 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 47
  • Blue Sky Park: 0.9 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 32
Springs: 7
  • Kanawha Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Bootjack Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Spout Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 19.6 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Sycamore Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lambs KnollNW 307°536 m23.4 mi
Lambs KnollNW 307°536 m23.4 mi
High KnobNW 322°472 m19.1 mi
Maryland HeightsWNW 286°444 m24.5 mi
Short Hill MountainW 274°441 m23.1 mi
Miller HillNW 325°416 m22.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 281°387 m6.4 mi
Ridge HillNW 318°373 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:40
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371757467564537
Precip in3.43.04.03.64.44.74.54.24.84.03.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • partridgeberry52 obs
  • fan clubmoss47 obs
  • crane-fly orchid46 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage44 obs
  • wild geranium43 obs
  • rue anemone43 obs
  • mayapple39 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit36 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/374791408

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