Peachwood Neighborhood Park
Peachwood Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Good Hope Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Peachwood Neighborhood Park features a playground, multiuse field, and two tennis courts. The picnic area includes an open shelter.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 137 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montgomery Parks
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Good Hope Park: 0.6 mi
- Cloverly Park: 0.7 mi
- Colesville Local Park: 0.8 mi
- Wembrough Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Colesville Manor Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
- Bonifant Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Hopefield Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
- Maydale Conservation Park: 1.4 mi
- Twinponds Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Spencerville Local Park: 1.5 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 3.3 mi
- South Terrace: 3.5 mi
- Spectator Area: 3.8 mi
- Spectator Area: 3.9 mi
- Spectator Area: 3.9 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Sandy Spring Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sandy Spring Slave Museum: 4.7 mi
- Good Knight Castle Children's Museum: 6.3 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 6.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
- Idea Garden: 3.4 mi
- Perennial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Yew Garden: 3.4 mi
- The Only Time is Now: 3.4 mi
- old bank vault door: 3.5 mi
- Kensington Moai: 6.0 mi
- Bear Bench: 6.2 mi
- Howling Dog: 6.3 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 3.5 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 4.0 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 4.0 mi
- Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir: 6.2 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 6.6 mi
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 5.6 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 5.6 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 5.9 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Hunting Hill: 10.8 mi
- Point Reno: 10.9 mi
- Hoover Hill: 11.1 mi
- Barnard Hill: 11.1 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 11.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 9.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.9 mi
- Friction Wall: 15.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 3.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.9 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.2 mi
- Great Falls: 15.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.4 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 18.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 14.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.2 mi
- Daniels: 18.0 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peachwood Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 298° | 387 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 38° | 169 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 265° | 156 m | 10.8 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 227° | 156 m | 17.4 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 291° | 148 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 216° | 144 m | 17.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 213° | 140 m | 16.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 228° | 140 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel 3 W, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer123 obs
- Red Fox70 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle54 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
- Common Box Turtle49 obs
- Northern Cardinal44 obs
- American Toad43 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage37 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/374791545
Day trips start here
- Glenmont · 3 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 4 mi
- Wheaton · 4 mi
- Olney · 5 mi
- Beltsville · 6 mi
- Kensington · 6 mi
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