Lakelands Park
Lakelands Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kentlands Green, a park 0.2 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.3 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 9.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 10.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, high · 6 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 6 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 8 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kentlands Green: 0.2 mi
- Kentlands Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Inspiration Park: 0.3 mi
- Market Square: 0.4 mi
- Four Corners Park: 0.4 mi
- Inspiration Park: 0.3 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 2.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 2.8 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 2.8 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 0.3 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 0.4 mi
- Three Big Dogs: 1.3 mi
- Innovator's Park: 1.6 mi
- Cosmic Coffee: 1.8 mi
- Lake Placid Dam: 0.4 mi
- Orchard Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
- Asbury "Wildlife at Work" Protected Habitat: 3.1 mi
- Washington Grove Forest Preserve - East Woods: 3.8 mi
- Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
- Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 2.1 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 6.1 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 10.2 mi
- Quail Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 8.6 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 2.0 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 5.2 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 5.4 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 5.9 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 6.0 mi
- Fire Museum: 2.7 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 2.9 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.1 mi
- Mooseum: 4.6 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 3.0 mi
- Black Hill: 5.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.3 mi
- Nokes Hill: 11.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 14.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 15.8 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 19.0 mi
- Great Falls: 8.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.3 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 16.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.6 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Harmony Grove: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lakelands Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 320° | 387 m | 13.2 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 285° | 361 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 311° | 346 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 292° | 235 m | 19.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 266° | 187 m | 20.0 mi |
| Steptoe Hill | WSW 257° | 176 m | 24.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | SE 137° | 156 m | 3.0 mi |
| Gantt Hill | S 179° | 156 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
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, 5 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal74 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage73 obs
- wineberry71 obs
- White-tailed Deer69 obs
- Great Blue Heron65 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel63 obs
- American Toad63 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk57 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/344396796
Day trips start here
- Gaithersburg · 1 mi
- Montgomery County · 3 mi
- Germantown · 5 mi
- Rockville · 5 mi
- Potomac · 7 mi
- Great Falls · 9 mi
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