Sandy Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Sandy Spring Ash Tree
Photographed by F. Robby
1. The Sandy Spring Ash Tree Marker
White Ash
Fraxinus Americus
Maryland Champion White Ash Tree
Approximate age 300 years
Erected 2006 by Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1706.
Location. 39° 8.658′ N, 77° 1.232′ W. Marker is in Sandy Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Auburn Village Drive 0.4 miles south of Olney Sandy Spring Road (State Route 108), on the right when traveling south. Tree is about 150 feet from end of road, where the road circles back, and between houses numbered 17601 and 17602. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sandy Spring MD 20860, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Sandy Spring (approx. 0.3 miles away); History of the Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site (approx. 0.3 miles away); Votes for Women (approx. 0.4 miles away); Olney Inn Gas Lanterns (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hallowed Ground
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More about this marker. The tree may be alternately reached as the final stop, stop number 9, on the Underground Railroad Experience Trail, about two miles from the trailhead at Woodlawn Manor.
Photographed by F. Robby, April 7, 2019
2. The Sandy Spring Ash Tree Marker
Photographed by F. Robby, April 7, 2019
3. The Sandy Spring Ash Tree
As seen from Auburn Village Road.
Photographed by F. Robby, April 7, 2019
4. The Sandy Spring Tree Trunk
Photographed by F. Robby, April 7, 2019
5. The Sandy Spring Ash Tree
In the center of the treeline, to the left of the gap. As seen from a distance from the Underground Railroad Experience Trail.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2019, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,328 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 7, 2019, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
