Potomac Woods Park
Potomac Woods Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Orchard Ridge Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Rockville
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 6.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 7.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 14.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Orchard Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Falls Road Park: 0.8 mi
- Open Space (SWM): 0.8 mi
- Beverly Farms Park: 0.8 mi
- Open Space (SWM): 0.9 mi
- Agio: 1.0 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 1.9 mi
- The Flow of History: 2.0 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 2.7 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 3.4 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Inverness Forest Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Windsor Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.8 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 3.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 3.8 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 4.0 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 4.1 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 1.7 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 2.6 mi
- Ratner Museum: 3.7 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 4.6 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.8 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 1.8 mi
- Cabin John Station: 2.0 mi
- Henry-Duffy Park: 3.9 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 4.3 mi
- Lock 21: Swains Lock: 4.7 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 2.6 mi
- Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- No Place Like Home: 5.0 mi
- Hawk Island: 5.5 mi
- Learning Garden: 6.6 mi
- Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park: 6.4 mi
- Spectator Area: 6.6 mi
- Pond Classroom: 6.7 mi
- South Terrace: 6.8 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 7.1 mi
- Hunting Hill: 2.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 7.6 mi
- Point Reno: 8.9 mi
- Gantt Hill: 10.1 mi
- Freedom Hill: 10.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Friction Wall: 24.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 9.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.2 mi
- Great Falls: 6.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 6.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 6.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 20.3 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 6.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 6.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 11.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.8 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.8 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potomac Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 319° | 387 m | 18.5 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WNW 292° | 361 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 297° | 235 m | 24.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 276° | 187 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 313° | 156 m | 2.4 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 201° | 156 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 321° | 148 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | S 185° | 144 m | 11.3 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 | 19:07 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer372 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel250 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee195 obs
- Northern Cardinal186 obs
- Red Fox185 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle180 obs
- Monarch174 obs
- American Robin119 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/92810730
Day trips start here
- Rockville · 2 mi
- Potomac · 4 mi
- Kensington · 5 mi
- Gaithersburg · 6 mi
- Glenmont · 6 mi
- Montgomery County · 6 mi
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