Mellwood Hills Community Park
Mellwood Hills Community Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mellwood Pond Community Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 54 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 3.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 11.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 13 mi
- Viewing Area · 15 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 15 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mellwood Pond Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Hollaway Estates Park: 2.1 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.4 mi
- Cheltenham Woods Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Piscataway Creek Park: 2.6 mi
- Grumann F6F Hellcat: 2.4 mi
- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar: 3.2 mi
- Railroad Monument: 4.4 mi
- William Beanes Gravesite: 4.6 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 4.6 mi
- Surratt House: 4.1 mi
- Show Place Arena: 4.5 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 4.7 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 6.0 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Patuxent Rural Life Museums: 6.4 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 7.0 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 7.1 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 6.8 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 6.8 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 6.8 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 6.8 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 6.9 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 8.4 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 9.0 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 9.2 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 9.9 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 10.0 mi
- Patuxent Park Pavillion: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 7.1 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 9.1 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 11.1 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 11.5 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 11.8 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 16.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 16.8 mi
- Brownie's Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 17.7 mi
- Selby Beach: 18.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 16.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 19.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 23.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 23.7 mi
- Wilson: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mellwood Hills Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 294° | 156 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 292° | 144 m | 20.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 294° | 140 m | 19.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 293° | 140 m | 24.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 288° | 137 m | 20.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 289° | 125 m | 18.1 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 310° | 123 m | 17.5 mi |
| Spy Hill | WNW 289° | 114 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 6 mi away.
- crane-fly orchid53 obs
- mayapple45 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty40 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail29 obs
- bloodroot28 obs
- Beechdrops26 obs
- striped wintergreen26 obs
- Christmas fern25 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/266959472
Day trips start here
- Prince George's County · 3 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 4 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 4 mi
- Largo · 6 mi
- Suitland · 7 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 9 mi
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