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St. Paul Park

St. Paul Park from directly overhead

St. Paul Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Bench, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 6.2 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Kensington

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.02918, -77.07194

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Joseph's Park: 0.1 mi
  • Howard Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
  • Reinhardt Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kensington Orchids Toddler Park: 0.3 mi
  • Flinn Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks: 38
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Stubblefield Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.5 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 24.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 8.3 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 313°387 m23.6 mi
Chestnut HillNE 39°169 m23.6 mi
Hunting HillWNW 300°156 m7.8 mi
Gantt HillSW 230°156 m11.2 mi
Black HillNW 312°148 m16.3 mi
Mount DanielSSW 213°144 m10.9 mi
Minor's HillSSW 208°140 m9.9 mi
Freedom HillSW 231°140 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566573787669574739
Precip in3.12.63.73.23.54.04.03.14.03.53.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 6 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer466 obs
  • American Robin392 obs
  • Great Blue Heron345 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel334 obs
  • Mallard333 obs
  • Canada Goose327 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk306 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron273 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/66209035

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