Leaman Local Park
Leaman Local Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 134 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is King's Crossing Local Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Play on the playground and tennis courts at Leaman Local Park, located in Germantown, Maryland. M-NCPPC acquired the 8-acre park in 1986
What the record says
- Elevation
- 134 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 5.5 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 13.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, lower · 8 mi
- East View · 8 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 8 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- King's Crossing Local Park: 0.6 mi
- Hoyles Mill Village Local Park: 0.9 mi
- Fountain Hills Local Park: 0.9 mi
- Millstone Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Old Germantown Park: 1.1 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 1.3 mi
- Bucklodge Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.9 mi
- Waters House Special Park: 3.1 mi
- Cabin Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.2 mi
- Orchard Neighborhood Park: 3.8 mi
- Mooseum: 1.6 mi
- Fire Museum: 5.5 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.7 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 8.1 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 9.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 2.4 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 2.4 mi
- The Cliff Bland Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Darnestown Confederate Visit: 4.5 mi
- Inspiration Park: 4.5 mi
- Historic Cupola: 2.7 mi
- Historic Cupola: 2.7 mi
- Historic Cupola: 2.7 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 4.5 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 4.6 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 3.0 mi
- Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.8 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 10.5 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 6.2 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 7.4 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 7.5 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 8.1 mi
- Monocacy Aqueduct: 9.3 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Quail Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 5.0 mi
- Black Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 7.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Nokes Hill: 11.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 14.3 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 14.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 17.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 18.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 20.6 mi
- Great Falls: 12.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 20.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 23.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.5 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 21.7 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leaman Local Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NNW 332° | 472 m | 22.9 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | WNW 287° | 441 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 320° | 387 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NNW 329° | 373 m | 21.3 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 274° | 361 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WNW 294° | 349 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 308° | 346 m | 16.2 mi |
| White Rock | WNW 293° | 346 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly98 obs
- Eastern Bluebird91 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail88 obs
- American Goldfinch78 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk77 obs
- wineberry69 obs
- White-tailed Deer68 obs
- Huron Skipper66 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/374791424
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 2 mi
- Gaithersburg · 4 mi
- Montgomery County · 5 mi
- Rockville · 10 mi
- Potomac · 11 mi
- Great Falls · 12 mi
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