Spring Park
Spring Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 62 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Takoma Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.1 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.5 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Takoma Park South Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Takoma Urban Park: 0.3 mi
- B.Y. Morrison Park: 0.4 mi
- Ward Sinclair Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Forest Park: 0.4 mi
- Roscoe: 0.4 mi
- Playing In The Fields Of Lamond: 0.4 mi
- From a Model to a Rainbow: 0.6 mi
- Leave No One Behind: 1.3 mi
- The Silver Pass: 1.6 mi
- TPPC Native Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Recreational Center Garden: 0.6 mi
- Maple Avenue Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Whittier Garden: 0.9 mi
- Centennial Garden: 0.9 mi
- John W. Coffman: 0.6 mi
- Sgt. Christopher Thornton: 0.6 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 1.1 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 1.1 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 22: 2.2 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 2.7 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.9 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.4 mi
- Komodo Dragon: 3.7 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 3.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
- False Gavial: 3.7 mi
- Chinese alligator: 3.7 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 2.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hoover Hill: 3.0 mi
- Barnard Hill: 3.0 mi
- Round Hill: 3.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.2 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 0.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 1.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 3.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.3 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.6 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.6 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.6 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.6 mi
- Great Falls: 13.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spring Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 27° | 169 m | 24.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | WSW 255° | 156 m | 12.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 307° | 156 m | 12.9 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 313° | 148 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 241° | 144 m | 10.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 240° | 140 m | 9.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 255° | 140 m | 13.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 238° | 137 m | 11.9 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer518 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel411 obs
- American Robin356 obs
- Northern Cardinal227 obs
- Amur honeysuckle208 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly200 obs
- lesser celandine198 obs
- House Sparrow195 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/246553191
Day trips start here
- Takoma Park · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Capital Region · 2 mi
- Silver Spring · 2 mi
- Hyattsville · 3 mi
- Mount Rainier · 3 mi
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