Monument Park
Monument Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Karn Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Karn Park: 0.2 mi
- Jacquilin Trells Williams Park: 0.3 mi
- Rose Hill Tot Lot: 0.3 mi
- Friends Park: 0.3 mi
- Millenium Garden Park: 0.4 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 0.4 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ratner Museum: 4.5 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 4.7 mi
- Fire Museum: 4.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 3.6 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 3.9 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 3.9 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 0.7 mi
- The Flow of History: 0.8 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 1.5 mi
- Agio: 1.7 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 2.3 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 0.7 mi
- Cabin John Station: 3.1 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 3.5 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 5.2 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 5.7 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 1.7 mi
- Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- No Place Like Home: 5.3 mi
- Hawk Island: 5.8 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 6.6 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.6 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Windsor Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Spectator Area: 6.4 mi
- South Terrace: 6.6 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Quail Ridge: 6.7 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.8 mi
- Point Reno: 9.8 mi
- Black Hill: 10.6 mi
- Gantt Hill: 11.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 10.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Friction Wall: 23.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 11.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.2 mi
- Great Falls: 7.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.1 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.0 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 23.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 8.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 12.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.0 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Daniels: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 315° | 387 m | 17.9 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 288° | 361 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 294° | 235 m | 24.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 273° | 187 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 52° | 169 m | 24.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 281° | 156 m | 2.2 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 201° | 156 m | 11.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 315° | 148 m | 10.6 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 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer466 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel248 obs
- Northern Cardinal202 obs
- American Robin191 obs
- Red Fox190 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle164 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly151 obs
- wineberry146 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/92809179
Day trips start here
- Rockville · 1 mi
- Gaithersburg · 5 mi
- Montgomery County · 5 mi
- Potomac · 5 mi
- Glenmont · 6 mi
- Kensington · 6 mi
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