Oak Ridge Conservation Park
Oak Ridge Conservation Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Salamander Rock stands 562 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 6.0 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 6.6 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 7.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 9 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 9 mi
- West View · 9 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Ridge Conservation Park: 0.2 mi
- Little Bennett Creek Stream Valley Park: 1.2 mi
- Bennett Creek Conservation Park: 2.1 mi
- North Point Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park: 5.3 mi
- Damascus Community Center Playground: 0.3 mi
- Upper Magruder Branch Park: 0.9 mi
- John Haines Park: 0.9 mi
- Woodfield Local Park: 2.4 mi
- Arora Hills Local Park: 3.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 9.2 mi
- Adventure Nursery: 10.9 mi
- Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 13.0 mi
- Beall Homestead: 2.7 mi
- Norwood Tobacco Barn: 3.3 mi
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 3.9 mi
- Parr's Spring Marker: 6.0 mi
- P: 6.0 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.2 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.2 mi
- Historic Cupola: 9.2 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 9.3 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 10.8 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Thomas House: 10.6 mi
- Gambrill House: 10.6 mi
- Gambrill Mill: 10.7 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 11.1 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 1.4 mi
- The W. R. Rudy Museum: 7.7 mi
- Mount Airy Museum: 7.8 mi
- Fire Museum: 9.5 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 9.6 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 3.4 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Quail Ridge: 9.8 mi
- Black Hill: 7.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Hunting Hill: 13.4 mi
- Pine Rock: 16.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 17.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 8.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 8.6 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 18.2 mi
- Friction Wall: 23.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 14.5 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 16.4 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 19.6 mi
- Spout Spring: 19.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 21.1 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 18.7 mi
- Great Falls: 19.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 21.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 21.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 15.3 mi
- Daniels: 21.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 20.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 20.5 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Ridge Conservation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salamander Rock | NW 326° | 562 m | 25.0 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 299° | 536 m | 24.6 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | WNW 299° | 536 m | 24.6 mi |
| High Knob | NW 311° | 472 m | 19.3 mi |
| Miller Hill | NW 316° | 416 m | 22.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 263° | 387 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 307° | 373 m | 18.2 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WSW 251° | 361 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:07 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer48 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit25 obs
- Northern Cardinal23 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander19 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle19 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth19 obs
- Smoky Tetanolita Moth19 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/358251542
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 7 mi
- Gaithersburg · 10 mi
- Montgomery County · 10 mi
- Olney · 12 mi
- Frederick · 14 mi
- Rockville · 14 mi
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