Norwood Park
Norwood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 104 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Norwood Village Neighborhood Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 11 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 104 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 13 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 14 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Norwood Village Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
- Bonifant Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Spencerville Local Park: 3.4 mi
- Twinponds Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- East Norbeck Local Park: 1.3 mi
- Stonegate Park: 1.5 mi
- Olney Manor Park: 1.7 mi
- YMCA Silver Spring Community Branch Park: 1.9 mi
- Southeast Olney Park: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 3.1 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 6.6 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 6.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Idea Garden: 3.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Perennial Garden: 4.0 mi
- Yew Garden: 4.0 mi
- The Only Time is Now: 3.9 mi
- old bank vault door: 5.7 mi
- Kensington Moai: 6.0 mi
- The Flow of History: 6.1 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 6.2 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 3.9 mi
- South Terrace: 4.0 mi
- Spectator Area: 4.2 mi
- Spectator Area: 6.5 mi
- Spectator Area: 6.5 mi
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 4.7 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 4.7 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 4.9 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 4.4 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 4.4 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 5.2 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 6.1 mi
- Hunting Hill: 8.7 mi
- Point Reno: 11.5 mi
- Linnean Hill: 12.4 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 12.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 12.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 7.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 7.2 mi
- Friction Wall: 16.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 16.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 16.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.5 mi
- Great Falls: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.6 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 18.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 2.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 14.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.5 mi
- Daniels: 18.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Norwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 298° | 387 m | 21.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 46° | 169 m | 18.0 mi |
| The Bunker | NNE 19° | 157 m | 24.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WSW 256° | 156 m | 8.7 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 218° | 156 m | 16.7 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 290° | 148 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 207° | 144 m | 16.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 203° | 140 m | 16.0 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 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 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, 6 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer230 obs
- Pond Slider210 obs
- Red Fox173 obs
- northern spicebush148 obs
- Japanese barberry134 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel132 obs
- Painted Turtle86 obs
- Northern Cardinal83 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 node/358252089
Day trips start here
- Glenmont · 3 mi
- Olney · 3 mi
- Wheaton · 5 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 6 mi
- Kensington · 6 mi
- Rockville · 6 mi
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