South Gunners Branch Park
South Gunners Branch Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 104 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is South Gunner's Branch Local Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 104 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 10.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 13.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook rock, lower · 7 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 7 mi
- East View · 10 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Gunner's Branch Local Park: 0.0 mi
- Cloppers Mill Park: 0.2 mi
- Kingsview Local Park: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Creek Local Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Germantown Park: 0.6 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Clopper Mill Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Inspiration Park: 2.8 mi
- The Cliff Bland Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Darnestown Confederate Visit: 3.3 mi
- Historic Cupola: 1.1 mi
- Historic Cupola: 1.1 mi
- Historic Cupola: 1.1 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 2.8 mi
- Market Square Colonnade: 2.9 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 1.5 mi
- Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 8.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.1 mi
- Mooseum: 1.9 mi
- Fire Museum: 4.2 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 4.4 mi
- Glenstone Museum: 6.5 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 7.8 mi
- Orchard Neighborhood Park: 2.1 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 3.0 mi
- Lake Placid Dam: 3.4 mi
- Waters House Special Park: 3.9 mi
- Bucklodge Branch Stream Valley Park: 4.2 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 4.6 mi
- Lock 23: Violettes Lock: 6.5 mi
- Lock 24: Rileys Lock: 6.8 mi
- Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock: 6.8 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 8.4 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Quail Ridge: 1.3 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 6.1 mi
- Black Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hunting Hill: 6.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Nokes Hill: 11.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 12.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 13.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 15.4 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 16.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 17.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 18.9 mi
- Great Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 13.3 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 18.1 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 24.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 19.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 22.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 11.0 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 23.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Gunners Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NNW 331° | 472 m | 24.6 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | WNW 289° | 441 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 320° | 387 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NNW 329° | 373 m | 23.0 mi |
| Waterford Peak | W 278° | 361 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pine Rock | NW 309° | 346 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NNW 328° | 341 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 286° | 235 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Pond Slider124 obs
- Ring-necked Duck122 obs
- Hooded Merganser101 obs
- Canada Goose100 obs
- mountain laurel93 obs
- Mallard90 obs
- wineberry90 obs
- American Wigeon87 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/358251688
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 2 mi
- Gaithersburg · 3 mi
- Montgomery County · 4 mi
- Rockville · 8 mi
- Potomac · 10 mi
- Great Falls · 11 mi
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