Sligo Avenue Neighborhood Park
Sligo Avenue Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is East Silver Spring Urban Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 92 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 9.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- East Silver Spring Urban Park: 0.3 mi
- Hefner Park: 0.4 mi
- Nolte Park: 0.4 mi
- Toatley Fraser Park: 0.5 mi
- Takoma-Piney Branch Local Park: 0.5 mi
- Centennial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Maple Avenue Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Koiner Farm: 0.6 mi
- Fenton Street Local Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- TPPC Native Plant Garden: 0.9 mi
- Sgt. Christopher Thornton: 0.7 mi
- John W. Coffman: 0.7 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 1.6 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 1.6 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 1.6 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 2.6 mi
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- The Silver Pass: 0.8 mi
- Acorn: 0.9 mi
- COASTLINE: 1.0 mi
- A BRUSHSTROKE OF DISCOVERY: 1.0 mi
- BIO WALL: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 2.6 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 2.9 mi
- LEAFHouse: 3.8 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 3.9 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 4.6 mi
- Wallaby yard: 4.6 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 3.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hoover Hill: 4.2 mi
- Barnard Hill: 4.2 mi
- Linnean Hill: 4.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 22.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 0.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 1.2 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 10.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.3 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
- Great Falls: 13.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.1 mi
- Daniels: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sligo Avenue Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 29° | 169 m | 24.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 303° | 156 m | 11.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | WSW 249° | 156 m | 12.7 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 312° | 148 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 235° | 144 m | 11.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 233° | 140 m | 9.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 250° | 140 m | 13.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 232° | 137 m | 12.3 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 | 16:08 | 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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer583 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel572 obs
- American Robin425 obs
- Western Honey Bee376 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee358 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly344 obs
- Northern Cardinal336 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle307 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/246552623
Day trips start here
- Capital Region · 1 mi
- Silver Spring · 1 mi
- Takoma Park · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 4 mi
- College Park · 4 mi
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