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Welsh Park

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Welsh Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Peg Santee Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.09093, -77.16089

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peg Santee Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kinship Park: 0.4 mi
  • Anderson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Thirty Oaks Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beall-Dawson House: 0.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Flight of Fancy: 0.7 mi
  • The Flow of History: 0.7 mi
  • Rockville Pike Globe: 0.8 mi
  • King Farm Park Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Upward Bound: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Parkland Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory: 3.8 mi
  • Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 4.2 mi
  • Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial: 4.3 mi
Attractions
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald: 1.0 mi
  • Carousel at Rio: 2.7 mi
  • Cabin John Station: 3.9 mi
  • Henry-Duffy Park: 6.0 mi
  • Lock 21: Swains Lock: 6.1 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Oriole Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Quail Ridge: 6.0 mi
  • Pines Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Chickadee Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Spectator Area: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 43
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Great Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.1 mi
  • McKeldin Falls: 23.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Silver Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Indian Springs: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Purplehorse Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 12.9 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Truck Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNW 314°387 m17.2 mi
Waterford PeakWNW 287°361 m23.0 mi
Bald MountainWNW 292°235 m23.6 mi
Hogback MountainW 271°187 m23.9 mi
Chestnut HillNE 54°169 m24.1 mi
Hunting HillWSW 258°156 m2.0 mi
Gantt HillSSW 199°156 m12.1 mi
Black HillNW 312°148 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5920:39
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

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, under a mile away.

  • White-tailed Deer454 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel262 obs
  • American Robin227 obs
  • Northern Cardinal202 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly191 obs
  • Red Fox188 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail187 obs
  • Canada Goose160 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/362682247

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