Vansville Park
Vansville Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Chestnut Hill stands 169 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Muirkirk South Community Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 44 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 13.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 14.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Rappe's Overlook · 14 mi
- Viewing Area · 15 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Muirkirk South Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Muirkirk West Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
- Beltsville North Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
- Beltsville North Park: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill Park: 1.8 mi
- Blue Ponds Park: 1.4 mi
- Calverton Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Duvall Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
- Fairdale Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.6 mi
- Miles Road Neighborhood Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
- Good Knight Castle Children's Museum: 1.4 mi
- Montpelier House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- College Park Aviation Museum: 5.0 mi
- Bowie Railroad Museum: 6.6 mi
- Spectator Area: 2.9 mi
- Spectator Area: 3.0 mi
- Holly Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Sweetgum Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Laurel Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Mother and Child Statue: 3.2 mi
- Osprey: 3.4 mi
- Testudo (Comcast Center): 4.5 mi
- Bradford: 4.8 mi
- Statue of Frederick Douglass: 4.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Hamilton Cemetery: 3.4 mi
- College Park Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Site of College Park Airport: 5.0 mi
- College Park Airport: 5.0 mi
- LEAFHouse: 4.3 mi
- National Wildlife Visitor Center: 5.1 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 5.9 mi
- Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir: 6.0 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 8.2 mi
- Community Learning Garden: 4.7 mi
- Gluckstern Garden: 4.8 mi
- Weber Memorial Garden: 4.8 mi
- Fraternity and Sorority Centennial Garden: 5.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 5.0 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 7.8 mi
- Barnard Hill: 8.6 mi
- Hoover Hill: 8.6 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 9.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 9.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 14.5 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 17.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 19.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 19.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 19.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 15.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.8 mi
- Quarry (former): 15.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 3.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 8.0 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 9.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 15.2 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 17.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 17.7 mi
- Great Falls: 19.8 mi
- failed mill dam: 20.7 mi
- Daniels: 19.0 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vansville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 16° | 169 m | 17.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 279° | 156 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gantt Hill | WSW 246° | 156 m | 20.2 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 294° | 148 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 237° | 144 m | 18.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 235° | 140 m | 17.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 246° | 140 m | 20.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 235° | 137 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beltsville, 3 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle54 obs
- Bald Eagle43 obs
- cinnamon fern33 obs
- Huron Skipper29 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird27 obs
- Eastern Bluebird26 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk25 obs
- Western Honey Bee24 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/235985703
Day trips start here
- Beltsville · 2 mi
- Greenbelt · 3 mi
- Berwyn Heights · 4 mi
- Laurel · 4 mi
- Colesville-Burtonsville · 5 mi
- College Park · 5 mi
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