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Sparks Park

Sparks Park from directly overhead

Sparks Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Carroll County Highpoint stands 344 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sparks Elementary School, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
82 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.53996, -76.64557

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Sparks Elementary School: 0.1 mi
  • Gorsuch Tavern: 1.6 mi
  • Old Quarry: 3.1 mi
  • Cornerstone: 3.3 mi
  • Old Church: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Merryman Park: 2.7 mi
  • Warren Place Park: 4.3 mi
  • Glenmoore Local Open Space: 4.3 mi
  • Willowbrook Local Open Space: 4.5 mi
  • Warren Manor Local Open Space: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Last Samurai: 2.9 mi
  • Maryland in Blue and Gray: 3.0 mi
  • Tiger: 6.1 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 7.5 mi
  • Hunt Scene: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 47
Peaks: 35
  • Oregon Ridge: 4.2 mi
  • Ivy Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Westridge: 6.3 mi
  • Midridge: 6.4 mi
  • Dover Hill: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Pecos Tent: 3.8 mi
  • Timber Tent: 3.8 mi
  • Nordic Grove: 3.9 mi
  • Hills Grove Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Rock Ridge Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • \: 1.8 mi
  • Setters Formation: 2.8 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 8.4 mi
  • Old Quarry: 9.9 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • Marble Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Crises Spring: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carroll County HighpointNW 309°344 m19.0 mi
Beecher HillNW 320°324 m17.7 mi
Huntrick HillNNW 337°310 m19.6 mi
Saubel HillNNW 332°277 m17.8 mi
Spook HillNNW 330°233 m7.7 mi
Ivy HillSSW 195°200 m5.8 mi
Oregon RidgeSSW 211°191 m4.2 mi
Chestnut HillSSW 206°169 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4019:5820:38
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2416:0416:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556473787568574839

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dryad's Saddle19 obs
  • fortune's spindle16 obs
  • box elder15 obs
  • Northern Cardinal14 obs
  • American sycamore14 obs
  • ground-ivy14 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail13 obs
  • dame's rocket12 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/332006268

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