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Powder Mill Community Park

Powder Mill Community Park from directly overhead

Powder Mill Community Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherryvale Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
41 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.02908, -76.95349

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cherryvale Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hollywood Gateway Park: 1.7 mi
  • College Park Woods Park: 1.7 mi
  • Chestnut Hill Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sunnyside Neigborhood Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Testudo (Comcast Center): 2.5 mi
  • Testudo (Maryland Stadium): 2.7 mi
  • Testudo (Football Team House): 2.8 mi
  • Testudo (Alumni Center): 2.8 mi
  • Bradford: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Calverton Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Fairdale Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Duvall Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites
Peaks: 35
Cliffs: 9
Beaches: 8
  • Fishing Shore: 11.2 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Herald Harbor Beach 1: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.1 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Springs: 3.8 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Powder Mill Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNNE 25°169 m20.2 mi
Hunting HillWNW 286°156 m13.7 mi
Gantt HillWSW 245°156 m16.6 mi
Black HillWNW 301°148 m21.5 mi
Mount DanielSW 234°144 m15.3 mi
Minor's HillSW 232°140 m14.0 mi
Freedom HillWSW 245°140 m17.2 mi
Prout HillSW 232°137 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4319:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:2416:0716:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556473777669574738
Precip in2.92.43.73.34.34.24.53.94.44.02.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider414 obs
  • Black Vulture153 obs
  • Turkey Vulture140 obs
  • Great Blue Heron103 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird91 obs
  • Painted Turtle81 obs
  • White-tailed Deer74 obs
  • Mallard67 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/235915675

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