- Elevation, modelled
- 88 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain387 m · 23.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- George Washington Memorial Parkway5.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0247, -77.0743
Hawk Island Hawk is a artwork in Maryland, at a modelled 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.
- Built
- 2022
- Material
- wood
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 |
- 5.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 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
- 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
| 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).
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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