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North Barnaby Recreation Area

North Barnaby Recreation Area from directly overhead

North Barnaby Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbott Drive Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.6 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
63 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.82200, -76.96740

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 1.2 mi
  • GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 2.6 mi
  • Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • J. Robert Elliott: 3.6 mi
  • USS Enterprise: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 2.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 2.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 2.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 2.6 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 2.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 3.9 mi
  • River Street Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 4.2 mi
  • Simpson Gardens: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 60
Peaks: 32
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 6
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Indian Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Barnaby Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 297°156 m16.0 mi
Hunting HillNW 326°156 m22.0 mi
Mount DanielWNW 294°144 m12.7 mi
Minor's HillWNW 299°140 m11.7 mi
Freedom HillWNW 295°140 m16.4 mi
Prout HillWNW 289°137 m12.8 mi
Upton HillWNW 291°125 m10.3 mi
Point RenoNNW 327°123 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 2 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle30 obs
  • Domestic Cat29 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • American sweetgum25 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358253538

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