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Tanglewood Community Park

Tanglewood Community Park from directly overhead

Tanglewood Community Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.1 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
78 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.77629, -76.87549

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 5.7 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 5.7 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 5.7 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 5.7 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky - Number 8: 5.7 mi
Gardens
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 8.0 mi
  • East Capitol Urban Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 8.3 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Deanwood Garden: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 54
Peaks: 30
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Stubblefield Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 298°156 m21.8 mi
Mount DanielWNW 297°144 m18.5 mi
Minor's HillWNW 300°140 m17.6 mi
Freedom HillWNW 297°140 m22.2 mi
Prout HillWNW 293°137 m18.5 mi
Upton HillWNW 295°125 m16.1 mi
Point RenoNW 318°123 m16.2 mi
Spy HillWNW 295°114 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2316:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 7 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle11 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee9 obs
  • American Toad9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • European Starling7 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel7 obs
  • Brown Thrasher6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/131937706

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