Whalen Commons
Whalen Commons is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Lambs Knoll stands 536 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Dillingham Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Poolesville
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 6.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 8 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 8 mi
- Potomac Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. Dillingham Park: 0.1 mi
- Wootton Heights Park: 0.3 mi
- Campbell Park: 0.4 mi
- Brooks Park: 0.4 mi
- Elgin Park: 0.6 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- butterfly garden: 8.4 mi
- butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
- Vermont Maple Garden: 8.7 mi
- Schwartz Peony Garden: 8.9 mi
- Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run: 2.7 mi
- Sugarland Special Park: 3.3 mi
- River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park: 4.0 mi
- Bucklodge Branch Stream Valley Park: 4.0 mi
- Boyds Local Park: 5.7 mi
- Lock 25: 4.3 mi
- Lock 26: Wood's Lock: 4.5 mi
- Lock 27: 5.5 mi
- Monocacy Aqueduct: 5.8 mi
- Edwards Landing Lights: 6.3 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 5.5 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 5.8 mi
- Red Nessie: 5.8 mi
- The Space Between Us: 5.8 mi
- Comet Gazebo: 5.8 mi
- Mooseum: 5.6 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 8.5 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 8.6 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 8.7 mi
- Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum: 8.9 mi
- Icehouse: 5.7 mi
- Well House: 5.7 mi
- Carriage House: 5.7 mi
- 2-chambered Granary: 5.8 mi
- Seneca Quarry: 6.3 mi
- Black Hill: 6.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Nokes Hill: 8.5 mi
- Waterford Peak: 9.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 8.1 mi
- Chickadee Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Quail Ridge: 8.4 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 8.5 mi
- Pines Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 10.7 mi
- Potts Springs: 20.2 mi
- Harris Springs: 20.2 mi
- Cooper Springs: 20.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 21.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 14.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 14.6 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
- Fishing Shore: 23.4 mi
- River Access: 24.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 13.0 mi
- Great Falls: 13.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 16.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 16.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 18.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 18.2 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 21.3 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 23.6 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.7 mi
- Harmony Grove: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Whalen Commons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs Knoll | NNW 331° | 536 m | 23.9 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNW 331° | 536 m | 23.9 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 349° | 472 m | 22.4 mi |
| Neersville | WNW 289° | 467 m | 20.3 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NW 310° | 444 m | 21.2 mi |
| Raven Rocks | W 269° | 443 m | 22.7 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | WNW 299° | 441 m | 18.0 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SW 221° | 413 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — WFO Sterling, 12 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle37 obs
- Green-striped Grasshopper24 obs
- Sandhill Crane13 obs
- Tree Swallow8 obs
- Painted Turtle8 obs
- Monarch8 obs
- Red-legged Grasshopper8 obs
- Southern Black Widow7 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/117752010
Day trips start here
- Ashburn · 8 mi
- Germantown · 8 mi
- Leesburg · 8 mi
- Gaithersburg · 10 mi
- Sterling · 10 mi
- Montgomery County · 11 mi
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