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Tobytown Neighborhood Park

Tobytown Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Tobytown Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway runs past it. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates39.06202, -77.28711

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Greenbriar Local Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bretton Woods Recreation Center: 2.4 mi
  • Darnestown Heritage Park: 2.8 mi
  • Darnestown Local Park - Cliff Bland Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Lock 21 “Swains” Campground: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Negro Sunshine: 1.9 mi
  • Horse and Rider (2015) by Charles Ray: 2.0 mi
  • Compression Line (1968/2016) by Michael Heizer: 2.0 mi
  • Smug (1973/2005) by Tony Smith: 2.0 mi
  • As Long As The Sun Lasts (2021) by Alex da Corte: 2.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Vermont Maple Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Schwartz Peony Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Children’s Garden and Pavillion: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Quail Ridge: 5.6 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic area A: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 56
Springs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Great Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 14.1 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sycamore Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 14.6 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.8 mi
  • Truck Rest Area: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 338°387 m15.0 mi
Chestnut PeakWSW 240°374 m24.5 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 299°361 m17.5 mi
Pine RockNW 323°346 m21.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 306°235 m18.6 mi
Hogback MountainW 278°187 m17.3 mi
Steptoe HillW 266°176 m21.0 mi
Ball HillW 259°167 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3319:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:51

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron239 obs
  • common pawpaw192 obs
  • Virginia bluebells153 obs
  • White-tailed Deer149 obs
  • American Toad147 obs
  • Two-banded Petrophila139 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty135 obs
  • Red Fox126 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/374791664

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