Pointer Ridge Recreation Area
Pointer Ridge Recreation Area is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 34 m. Mount Daniel stands 144 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tall Oaks Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 34 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Roots and Tides Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 16.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Viewing Area · 18 mi
- Rappe's Overlook · 20 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tall Oaks Park: 0.9 mi
- Collington Station Community Park: 1.1 mi
- Church Road Park: 1.8 mi
- North Oak Court Park: 2.0 mi
- Allen Pond Park: 2.3 mi
- Belt Woods Natural Environment Area: 1.7 mi
- Belt Woods Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 1.9 mi
- Watkins Regional Park: 4.0 mi
- Whitemarsh Park: 5.1 mi
- Glenn Dale Estates Park: 5.7 mi
- National Capital Radio & Television Museum: 1.7 mi
- Belair Stable Museum: 4.5 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Darnall's Chance House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Marietta House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Lake Deborah: 5.9 mi
- Lake View: 5.9 mi
- William Beanes Gravesite: 5.9 mi
- World War I Monument: 6.0 mi
- Archbishop John Carroll: 6.0 mi
- Prince George's Equestrian Center: 6.4 mi
- Show Place Arena: 6.4 mi
- Billingsley House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Crofton Go Kart Raceway: 9.0 mi
- former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens: 6.6 mi
- Mother and Child Statue: 10.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 11.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 3: 11.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 11.4 mi
- East Capitol Urban Farm: 10.0 mi
- The Island at Piney Orchard: 10.3 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 11.0 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 11.2 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Area 10: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area 14: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area 13: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area 11: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area 12: 3.7 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 11.1 mi
- Hickey Hill: 12.3 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 12.8 mi
- Barnard Hill: 13.2 mi
- Hoover Hill: 13.2 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 10.9 mi
- Wild Rose Shores: 11.4 mi
- Selby Beach: 11.7 mi
- Triton Beach: 12.7 mi
- Mayo Beach: 12.8 mi
- Wiona Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 15.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 19.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 22.7 mi
- Thomas Point Shoal Light: 15.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 23.6 mi
- Wilson: 12.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pointer Ridge Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Daniel | W 269° | 144 m | 24.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 270° | 140 m | 23.1 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 265° | 125 m | 22.5 mi |
| Point Reno | W 281° | 123 m | 19.0 mi |
| Spy Hill | W 264° | 114 m | 22.1 mi |
| Munson Hill | W 263° | 112 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Alto | W 275° | 107 m | 18.6 mi |
| Camp Hill | W 274° | 85 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- Christmas fern9 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail9 obs
- Common Whitetail7 obs
- mock strawberry7 obs
- North American Wheel Bug6 obs
- common pawpaw6 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee6 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/358245468
Day trips start here
- Bowie · 4 mi
- Largo · 6 mi
- Upper Marlboro · 6 mi
- Prince George's County · 8 mi
- New Carrollton · 9 mi
- Greenbelt · 11 mi
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