Shepherd Field
Shepherd Field is a park, at a recorded elevation of 91 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Shepherd Park Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.9 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepherd Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Takoma Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Koiner Farm: 1.0 mi
- Centennial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Marvin Caplan Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Sonny's Green: 0.5 mi
- Blair Circle: 0.5 mi
- Jesup Blair Park: 0.6 mi
- Philadelphia Avenue Urban Park: 0.6 mi
- Acorn: 0.5 mi
- COASTLINE: 0.5 mi
- The Silver Pass: 0.6 mi
- PENGUIN RUSH HOUR: 0.7 mi
- A BRUSHSTROKE OF DISCOVERY: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 1.6 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 1.3 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.0 mi
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 1.9 mi
- Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium: 1.9 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 1.9 mi
- Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Dopamine Land: 3.2 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 2.4 mi
- Ostrich: 3.8 mi
- Addax: 3.8 mi
- Lesser Kudu: 3.8 mi
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill: 3.8 mi
- Point Reno: 3.2 mi
- Linnean Hill: 3.4 mi
- Jackson Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 4.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.1 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 1.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 1.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 10.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.1 mi
- Great Falls: 11.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shepherd Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 31° | 169 m | 25.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 308° | 156 m | 11.2 mi |
| Gantt Hill | WSW 249° | 156 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 315° | 148 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 233° | 144 m | 9.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 230° | 140 m | 8.7 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 249° | 140 m | 12.0 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 230° | 137 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel516 obs
- Christmas fern446 obs
- White-tailed Deer436 obs
- mayapple397 obs
- American Robin395 obs
- lesser celandine392 obs
- Virginia bluebells352 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty324 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 way/1037391046
Day trips start here
- Silver Spring · 1 mi
- Capital Region · 2 mi
- Takoma Park · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Bethesda · 4 mi
- Kensington · 4 mi
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