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Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park

Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park from directly overhead

Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park is a picnic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott's Run Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Old Georgetown Pike passes 0.9 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates38.97241, -77.20032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Burling Defenders: 0.5 mi
  • Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries: 2.4 mi
  • Mather Gorge: 3.0 mi
  • Mather Gorge marker: 3.0 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Lock 14: 1.0 mi
  • Lock 13: 1.1 mi
  • Lock 12: 1.2 mi
  • Lock 11: 1.5 mi
  • Lock 10: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Woodrock Terrace Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cooper Intermediate School Site: 1.5 mi
  • Churchill Road Park: 1.7 mi
  • Aire picnic: 1.7 mi
  • Rapley Preserve Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Capital One Sculpture Garden: 3.3 mi
  • White Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Entry Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Fred Packard Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Terrace Garden: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Olney Park: 4.0 mi
  • Composer's Cottage Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Filene Center Lawns: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic area C: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic area B: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 48
Waterfalls: 5
  • Scott's Run Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 17.6 mi
  • Coe Creek: 19.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Indian Springs: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Purplehorse Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 7.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carderock, Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 333°387 m22.6 mi
Waterford PeakNW 307°361 m24.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW 291°187 m23.4 mi
Gantt HillSSW 208°156 m3.7 mi
Hunting HillN 1°156 m7.8 mi
Black HillNNW 341°148 m15.7 mi
Mount DanielS 169°144 m5.3 mi
Freedom HillSW 214°140 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:08
December solstice07:2516:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2500234875

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