Laytonsville Park
Laytonsville Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Laytonsville Local Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 168 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 10.6 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 10.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 13 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 13 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 13 mi
- West View · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laytonsville Local Park: 0.0 mi
- Sundown Road Local Park: 1.5 mi
- Edward DeSimon Rec Area: 1.9 mi
- William Hurley Park: 2.2 mi
- Griffith Park: 2.3 mi
- Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park: 1.9 mi
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 2.4 mi
- Hunters Woods Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Upper Rock Creek Local Park: 2.6 mi
- Goshen Elm Conservation Park: 3.1 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 6.7 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 8.7 mi
- Cabin John Station: 12.0 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 12.4 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.0 mi
- Fire Museum: 5.1 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 7.4 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 8.3 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 5.5 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 6.5 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 6.5 mi
- Inspiration Park: 7.7 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 6.5 mi
- Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 8.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.2 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 8.5 mi
- Celebración: 6.7 mi
- Hayley's World: 6.7 mi
- Cosmic Coffee: 6.7 mi
- Fruit Mural: 6.7 mi
- Historic Cupola: 6.7 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 6.0 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Quail Ridge: 7.2 mi
- Black Hill: 7.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 8.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 17.2 mi
- Point Reno: 18.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 3.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 3.8 mi
- Friction Wall: 19.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.0 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 16.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 18.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 20.1 mi
- Great Falls: 15.5 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 17.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.7 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 20.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 25.0 mi
- Daniels: 19.6 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laytonsville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 286° | 387 m | 13.3 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 311° | 373 m | 24.0 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 266° | 361 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pine Rock | WNW 290° | 346 m | 21.4 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NW 310° | 341 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 272° | 235 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNW 337° | 203 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ENE 73° | 169 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 6 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer51 obs
- Red Fox46 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
- Common Box Turtle25 obs
- Northern Cardinal21 obs
- American Toad16 obs
- Huron Skipper16 obs
- Common Raccoon15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358251745
Day trips start here
- Montgomery County · 5 mi
- Germantown · 6 mi
- Olney · 6 mi
- Gaithersburg · 7 mi
- Rockville · 9 mi
- Glenmont · 11 mi
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