Longwood Park
Longwood Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Olney Family Neighborhood Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 10 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 13.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Old Main Streets
Overlooks nearby
- Putney's Bridge · 15 mi
- Old quarry filled with trash · 15 mi
- McKeldin Falls · 15 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Olney Family Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Greenwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Olney Boys and Girls Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Olney Square Park: 1.6 mi
- Olney Oaks HOA Park: 2.1 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 0.7 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 7.8 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 8.3 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 8.5 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 8.5 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 1.8 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 2.7 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 7.4 mi
- Fire Museum: 7.6 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 8.0 mi
- Upper Rock Creek Local Park: 3.1 mi
- Norwood Village Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Winter's Run Local Park: 4.5 mi
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park: 5.8 mi
- Mineral Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 3.1 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 7.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.1 mi
- Idea Garden: 8.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.1 mi
- Commons Tower: 7.0 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 7.2 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 7.5 mi
- The Flow of History: 7.6 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 7.7 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 7.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 8.0 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 8.0 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 8.1 mi
- South Terrace: 8.1 mi
- Spectator Area: 8.3 mi
- Midtown Park Gazebo: 8.4 mi
- Spectator Area: 9.7 mi
- Hunting Hill: 9.6 mi
- Black Hill: 12.7 mi
- Point Reno: 15.4 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 16.5 mi
- Linnean Hill: 16.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 3.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 12.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 14.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 3.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 3.1 mi
- Friction Wall: 15.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.9 mi
- Great Falls: 16.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 18.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 23.1 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Daniels: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Longwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 289° | 387 m | 18.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | ENE 59° | 169 m | 16.5 mi |
| The Bunker | NNE 25° | 157 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | SW 230° | 156 m | 9.6 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 208° | 156 m | 19.5 mi |
| Black Hill | W 274° | 148 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 199° | 144 m | 20.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 196° | 140 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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, 7 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer186 obs
- Red Fox157 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel147 obs
- Northern Cardinal93 obs
- Eastern Bluebird59 obs
- Common Raccoon59 obs
- Common Box Turtle49 obs
- Canada Goose43 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 way/45211509
Day trips start here
- Olney · 2 mi
- Glenmont · 7 mi
- Montgomery County · 8 mi
- Rockville · 8 mi
- Gaithersburg · 9 mi
- Wheaton · 9 mi
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