Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill rises to 169 m in Maryland. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hollofield Shelters, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 1.9 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Howard County, Maryland, United States of America
Wikidata Q31598925, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 169 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 8.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Falls Road
- 9.6 mi off the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
Overlooks nearby
- Friction Wall Overlook · 2 mi
- Putney's Bridge · 4 mi
- Old quarry filled with trash · 4 mi
- Cliff overlooking Quarry Lake · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Dam Race Embankment: 0.9 mi
- Union Dam: 0.9 mi
- Ellicotts Upper Mills: 1.0 mi
- Mentzel Paper Mill: 1.6 mi
- The National Road: 1.9 mi
- Dogwood Wall: 1.4 mi
- Main Street Ballroom: 1.9 mi
- Nature Center: 4.4 mi
- Dickeyville Historic District: 5.1 mi
- Crimea Mansion: 5.3 mi
- Patapsco Glen Large Dog Park: 1.4 mi
- Patapsco Glen Small Dog Park: 1.5 mi
- Ashton Valley Local Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Rockwell Estates Local Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Catonsville Oaks Local Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Ellicott Mills Children's Museum: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Howard County History: 1.9 mi
- Ellicott City B&O Railroad Station Museum: 1.9 mi
- Ellicott City Colored School: 2.0 mi
- Diggs-Johnson Museum: 4.5 mi
- Harvest Garden: 2.2 mi
- Banneker's Cabin Kitchen Garden: 2.2 mi
- MASH Green Roof: 4.3 mi
- John L. Clark Honors Garden: 4.4 mi
- Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Willow Creek: 2.3 mi
- Willow Creek: 2.5 mi
- Willow Creek: 2.5 mi
- Autumn Overlook: 2.9 mi
- David Force Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Forum: 5.2 mi
- Labyrinth: 5.3 mi
- Double Helix: 5.3 mi
- Walter Sondheim Sculpture: 5.3 mi
- True Grit Statue: 5.3 mi
- Lawyers Hill: 6.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 8.4 mi
- Bend Hill: 8.4 mi
- Federal Hill: 10.1 mi
- Abell Ridge: 11.9 mi
- Hollofield Shelters: 0.6 mi
- Pickall Area: 0.9 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 4.4 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 4.4 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 5.5 mi
- Friction Wall: 2.2 mi
- Quarry (former): 2.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 2.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 2.5 mi
- Old Quarry: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 8.4 mi
- Crises Spring: 8.4 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.1 mi
- Marble Springs: 16.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 21.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 21.0 mi
- Miami Beach: 22.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 23.1 mi
- Pines on the Severn Community Beach: 24.2 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 24.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 6.2 mi
- failed mill dam: 6.8 mi
- Round Falls: 9.1 mi
- Daniels: 1.8 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 15.4 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | N 10° | 233 m | 23.9 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNE 30° | 200 m | 13.1 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNE 24° | 191 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Bunker | NNW 336° | 157 m | 12.1 mi |
| Abell Ridge | NE 47° | 155 m | 11.9 mi |
| Satyr Hill | ENE 61° | 151 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NE 56° | 149 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cub Hill | ENE 61° | 147 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:06 | 16:48 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 48 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cylburn, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 589958 — Chestnut Hill, Howard County, Maryland.
OpenStreetMap element node/358241495
Day trips start here
- Patapsco Valley State Park · 1 mi
- Ellicott City · 2 mi
- Columbia · 4 mi
- Baltimore/West Baltimore · 5 mi
- Hanover · 8 mi
- Owings Mills · 8 mi
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