Patuxent River Watershed Park
Patuxent River Watershed Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Point Reno stands 123 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverwood Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 6.4 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.7 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 19.9 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rappe's Overlook · 20 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Viewing Area · 21 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverwood Park: 0.9 mi
- Davidsonville Family Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Kings Branch Park: 2.1 mi
- Davidsonville Park: 2.3 mi
- Homestead Gardens: 2.9 mi
- National Capital Radio & Television Museum: 3.6 mi
- Belair Stable Museum: 5.8 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Marietta House Museum: 8.1 mi
- Belt Woods Natural Environment Area: 4.7 mi
- Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 4.8 mi
- Whitemarsh Park: 5.7 mi
- Pride Finance Natural Resource Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Jug Bay Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner: 6.6 mi
- former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens: 5.7 mi
- Mother and Child Statue: 12.9 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 14.3 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 14.3 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 14.3 mi
- World War I Monument: 7.3 mi
- William Beanes Gravesite: 7.3 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 7.3 mi
- Railroad Monument: 7.5 mi
- Lake Deborah: 8.5 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 7.5 mi
- Historic London Town and Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Show Place Arena: 7.6 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 7.9 mi
- The Island at Piney Orchard: 10.4 mi
- Tawe's Garden: 10.8 mi
- Rainwater Garden: 11.1 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 13.0 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 6.7 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 8.1 mi
- Wild Rose Shores: 8.5 mi
- Selby Beach: 8.7 mi
- Triton Beach: 9.7 mi
- Mayo Beach: 9.8 mi
- Mount Misery: 13.0 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 14.0 mi
- Hickey Hill: 15.3 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 15.8 mi
- Barnard Hill: 16.2 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Roosevelt Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 18.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 20.0 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 22.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.8 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 12.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 22.4 mi
- Wilson: 11.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Patuxent River Watershed Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Reno | W 279° | 123 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Alto | W 274° | 107 m | 21.6 mi |
| Camp Hill | W 274° | 85 m | 21.2 mi |
| Good Hope Hill | W 261° | 84 m | 15.8 mi |
| Lawyers Hill | N 352° | 81 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | W 272° | 72 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 278° | 71 m | 17.1 mi |
| Lees Hill | W 272° | 63 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, 6 mi away.
- Wedgling Moth40 obs
- Bent-lined Carpet38 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth33 obs
- Faint-spotted Palthis Moth26 obs
- Dark-spotted Palthis Moth25 obs
- Lucerne Moth22 obs
- Virginia Creeper Sphinx19 obs
- Eastern Grass Tubeworm 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/358245458
Day trips start here
- Bowie · 6 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 7 mi
- Largo · 9 mi
- Prince George's County · 11 mi
- New Carrollton · 12 mi
- Greenbelt · 13 mi
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