Wood Local Park
Wood Local Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bauer Drive Local Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 7.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 110 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 11.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stubblefield Falls Overlook · 10 mi
- Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform · 10 mi
- Scott's Run Falls · 10 mi
- Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bauer Drive Local Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- English Manor Neighborhood Parkl: 0.9 mi
- Parklands Local Park: 0.9 mi
- Calvin Park: 1.1 mi
- Arctic Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Crabbs Branch Stream Valley Park: 2.8 mi
- Winter's Run Local Park: 3.8 mi
- Old Farm Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Glenview Mansion Garden: 1.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
- Idea Garden: 4.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Parkland Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge: 2.3 mi
- Oscar Osorio: 2.3 mi
- Frank Lawrence Towers: 2.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.4 mi
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2.1 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 4.4 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 4.4 mi
- Cabin John Station: 4.5 mi
- Carousel at Rio: 5.2 mi
- The Flow of History: 2.2 mi
- Rockville Pike Globe: 2.3 mi
- Flight of Fancy: 3.0 mi
- Agio: 3.2 mi
- King Farm Park Statue: 3.5 mi
- Stonestreet Museum: 2.6 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 3.4 mi
- Brookside Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- Ratner Museum: 5.0 mi
- Gaithersburg Community Museum: 5.7 mi
- Spectator Area: 4.3 mi
- South Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 4.6 mi
- Pond Classroom: 6.5 mi
- Oriole Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Hunting Hill: 4.9 mi
- Point Reno: 9.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 11.1 mi
- Linnean Hill: 11.2 mi
- Mount Alto: 11.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 8.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 8.6 mi
- Friction Wall: 20.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 20.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Great Falls: 10.1 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 21.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 5.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 9.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 12.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 17.0 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Daniels: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wood Local Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 308° | 387 m | 19.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 50° | 169 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | W 265° | 156 m | 4.9 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SSW 210° | 156 m | 13.3 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 303° | 148 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 197° | 144 m | 14.0 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 192° | 140 m | 13.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SSW 212° | 140 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:08 | 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 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 1 NE, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer543 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel354 obs
- Northern Cardinal314 obs
- American Robin300 obs
- wineberry280 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly272 obs
- Great Blue Heron269 obs
- Eastern Bluebird266 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/357024845
Day trips start here
- Rockville · 2 mi
- Glenmont · 3 mi
- Wheaton · 4 mi
- Kensington · 5 mi
- Olney · 5 mi
- Montgomery County · 6 mi
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