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Northeast Branch Park

Northeast Branch Park from directly overhead

Northeast Branch Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Enterprise Estates Recreation Center, a park 1.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
38 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94650, -76.79080

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lake Deborah: 1.5 mi
  • Lake View: 1.5 mi
  • Hamilton Cemetery: 5.6 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • College Park Airport: 7.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 7.8 mi
  • Radichevich Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Fraternity and Sorority Centennial Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 8.2 mi
  • IDEA Academy garden: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 54
Peaks: 34
Beaches: 24
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 22.2 mi
  • failed mill dam: 24.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Northeast Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillN 359°169 m24.1 mi
Gantt HillW 267°156 m23.8 mi
Hunting HillWNW 294°156 m23.9 mi
Mount DanielW 261°144 m21.3 mi
Minor's HillW 262°140 m20.0 mi
Freedom HillW 266°140 m24.4 mi
Prout HillWSW 258°137 m22.1 mi
Upton HillWSW 255°125 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:19
June solstice05:4319:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543546372777668564537

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenn Dale Bell STN, 2 mi away.

  • Huron Skipper28 obs
  • Common Box Turtle19 obs
  • Common Whitetail19 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • Pearl Crescent16 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail16 obs
  • Least Skipper15 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/358243729

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