Hawk Island Hawk
Hawk Island Hawk is an artwork in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawk Island, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 5.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Carved from white pine. This hawk was originally inside Town Hall for many years until it found its home on Hawk Island.
What the record says
- Built
- 2022
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.4 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hawk Island: 0.0 mi
- No Place Like Home: 0.5 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.5 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 1.5 mi
- Warner Circle Special Park: 0.1 mi
- Ernest Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Flinn Park: 0.1 mi
- Reinhardt Park: 0.2 mi
- Clum-Kennedy Park: 0.2 mi
- Crosby the Owl: 0.1 mi
- Ernest the Eagle: 0.1 mi
- David Gregg: 0.2 mi
- Neighborhood Birds: 0.2 mi
- 1894: 0.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Photo captions: 0.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Newport Mills: 0.8 mi
- Old Ice House: 1.6 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 1.2 mi
- Wheaton Miniature Train: 2.5 mi
- Wheaton Carousel: 2.5 mi
- Cabin John Station: 4.1 mi
- Rachel Carson House: 4.2 mi
- Locust Hill Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
- Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 1.6 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 1.6 mi
- Ratner Museum: 2.5 mi
- Josiah Henson Museum: 2.9 mi
- KID Museum: 3.0 mi
- Pond Classroom: 1.6 mi
- Spectator Area: 2.8 mi
- South Terrace: 3.0 mi
- Woodland Picnic / Campfire Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 3.8 mi
- Point Reno: 5.0 mi
- Linnean Hill: 6.2 mi
- Mount Alto: 7.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 7.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 7.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 13.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 13.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Quarry (former): 22.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.9 mi
- Great Falls: 9.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.8 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 1.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 3.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 8.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 7.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.9 mi
- Truck Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Daniels: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hawk Island Hawk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 314° | 387 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NE 38° | 169 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 302° | 156 m | 7.8 mi |
| Gantt Hill | SW 231° | 156 m | 10.9 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 313° | 148 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SSW 214° | 144 m | 10.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SSW 208° | 140 m | 9.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | SW 232° | 140 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10014666972
Day trips start here
- Kensington · 0 mi
- Wheaton · 2 mi
- Bethesda · 3 mi
- Silver Spring · 3 mi
- Capital Region · 4 mi
- Glenmont · 4 mi
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