Upper Magruder Branch Park
Upper Magruder Branch Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. High Knob stands 472 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is John Haines Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 6.4 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 197 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 7.0 mi off the Old Main Streets
- 7.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East View · 9 mi
- McCormack Overlook · 10 mi
- West View · 10 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- John Haines Park: 0.4 mi
- Damascus Community Center Playground: 0.7 mi
- Oak Ridge Conservation Park: 0.9 mi
- Woodfield Local Park: 1.6 mi
- Arora Hills Local Park: 2.6 mi
- Oak Ridge Conservation Park: 1.0 mi
- Little Bennett Creek Stream Valley Park: 1.5 mi
- Bennett Creek Conservation Park: 2.5 mi
- North Point Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.4 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 8.6 mi
- Adventure Nursery: 10.6 mi
- Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Brighton Azalea Garden: 12.2 mi
- Beall Homestead: 3.4 mi
- Norwood Tobacco Barn: 3.9 mi
- Earl's Picnic Spot: 4.4 mi
- Parr's Spring Marker: 6.5 mi
- P: 6.5 mi
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Historic Cupola: 8.6 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 9.5 mi
- A Circle of Acanthus Leaf Chairs: 10.2 mi
- Oakley Cabin: 9.7 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 10.4 mi
- Thomas House: 11.4 mi
- Gambrill House: 11.4 mi
- Gambrill Mill: 11.5 mi
- Damascus Heritage Museum: 1.6 mi
- The W. R. Rudy Museum: 8.2 mi
- Mount Airy Museum: 8.2 mi
- Fire Museum: 8.8 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 8.8 mi
- Blue Sky Park: 3.2 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Quail Ridge: 9.2 mi
- Black Hill: 7.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Hunting Hill: 12.7 mi
- Pine Rock: 17.3 mi
- Furnace Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 7.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 7.8 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 19.1 mi
- Friction Wall: 22.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 22.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 13.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 16.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 20.2 mi
- Bootjack Spring: 20.5 mi
- Spout Spring: 20.8 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 18.4 mi
- Great Falls: 18.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 20.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 20.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.8 mi
- Harmony Grove: 16.2 mi
- Daniels: 21.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 19.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 19.8 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upper Magruder Branch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NW 312° | 472 m | 20.2 mi |
| Miller Hill | NW 316° | 416 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 268° | 387 m | 9.6 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 308° | 373 m | 19.0 mi |
| Waterford Peak | WSW 254° | 361 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pine Rock | W 281° | 346 m | 17.3 mi |
| Jigger Hill | NW 306° | 341 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 260° | 235 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Damascus 3 SSW, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer50 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit27 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage25 obs
- Northern Cardinal24 obs
- Japanese barberry24 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle21 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty20 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander19 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 node/358251576
Day trips start here
- Germantown · 6 mi
- Gaithersburg · 9 mi
- Montgomery County · 9 mi
- Olney · 11 mi
- Rockville · 13 mi
- Frederick · 15 mi
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