Orchard Ridge Park
Orchard Ridge Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 131 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockmead Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rockmead Park: 0.5 mi
- Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Millenium Garden Park: 0.5 mi
- Fallsmead Park: 0.6 mi
- Potomac Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 1.3 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ratner Museum: 4.3 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.4 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 4.1 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 4.3 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 4.4 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 1.6 mi
- Cabin John Station: 2.7 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 3.7 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 4.5 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 4.8 mi
- Agio: 1.6 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 1.6 mi
- The Flow of History: 1.7 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 2.2 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 2.9 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Windsor Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.4 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 2.5 mi
- Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- No Place Like Home: 5.5 mi
- Hawk Island: 6.0 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 6.7 mi
- Quail Ridge: 6.6 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 6.9 mi
- Spectator Area: 6.9 mi
- Hunting Hill: 1.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.0 mi
- Point Reno: 9.6 mi
- Gantt Hill: 10.5 mi
- Black Hill: 10.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Friction Wall: 24.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 9.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 9.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 11.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.6 mi
- Great Falls: 6.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.1 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.2 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 11.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 15.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orchard Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 318° | 387 m | 17.9 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 290° | 361 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 296° | 235 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 275° | 187 m | 23.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 304° | 156 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 199° | 156 m | 10.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 320° | 148 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | S 183° | 144 m | 11.9 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 | 19:08 |
| 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 Deer347 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel245 obs
- Northern Cardinal177 obs
- Red Fox175 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle174 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee173 obs
- Monarch160 obs
- American Robin130 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374791536
Day trips start here
- Rockville · 1 mi
- Potomac · 4 mi
- Gaithersburg · 5 mi
- Montgomery County · 5 mi
- Kensington · 6 mi
- Bethesda · 7 mi
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