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Takoma Park lies right on the fall line, the border between the Piedmont Province and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Piedmont soils in the north and west parts of the City are derived from an ancient underlying schist. Soils in the southeast section come from more recent upper Coastal Plain sediments.

Elevation		214 feet above sea level (at the library).
Latitude & Longitude		38o 58.862' North 77o 00.645' West (at the Library) Current time (official) -5 UT Current sky Sunrise/Sunset Position of sun in sky Clear sky clock
Climate		Yearly Precipitation (inches) 39.2 (average) Yearly Snowfall (inches) 16 (average) Average Summer Temp. 74 +/- 5 F Average Winter Temp. 37.2 +/- 5 F The climate is very similar to that of College Park, which is only four miles away. The Weather Channel also has some local climatology statistics. see also: Maryland State Climatologist Office.
Current Weather		National Weather Service outlook for Takoma Park See also: National Weather Service Baltimore-Washington Office for the current satellite picture, the Geos 8 image, the radar image and recent precipitation. FEMA's advice for severe weather preparation.
Watershed		Anacostia [see also the Anacostia Watershed Society] Sligo Creek Watershed Nearest USGS satellite-monitored stream gage, current readings
Size		2.36 square miles
Maps		town map (105 k) ward map topo map (37 k) from a bicyclist's point of view (34 k) maps of census 2000 population density within Takoma Park links Takoma Park park pages (they have maps) Supplementary page with Google's map of Takoma Park. Switch your view of a specific place from Google to Yahoo to MSN .

Topozone has 1:25,000 topographic maps. (These will take a bit of time to download.)

Interesting Landsat images of this area can be found at a University of Virginia site.

Generalized geologic map of Maryland.

Distribution of mosquitos carrying West Nile virus

Upcoming visible passes of the International Space Station

	The clickable map was created from a MapQuest original
	The topo map was created from DeLorme's Topo USA DVD Othophoto snippit from a USGS file

Takoma Park Maryland Library · 101 Philadelphia Avenue
Takoma Park Maryland 20912 USA · 301.891.7259