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Serve

Serve from directly overhead

Serve is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove 24, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 4.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates38.95413, -77.03888

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Parks
  • Brightwood Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
  • Carter Barron Soccer Fields: 0.2 mi
  • Hamilton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crestwood Triangle Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lorenzo Allen Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Capitol Stones: 0.5 mi
  • Fort Stevens Park: 0.9 mi
  • Scale model of Fort Stevens: 0.9 mi
  • Lincoln under fire at Fort Stevens: 0.9 mi
  • Marjorie Merriweather Post: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • Emery Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Twin Oaks Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rock Creek Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Whittier Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Tilden Gardens: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Przewalski's Horse: 1.7 mi
  • Wallaby yard: 1.7 mi
  • Red-Bellied Turtle: 1.7 mi
  • Komodo Dragon: 1.7 mi
  • False Gavial: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Indian Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 4.3 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Serve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 259°156 m10.6 mi
Hunting HillNW 317°156 m12.4 mi
Black HillNW 319°148 m21.3 mi
Mount DanielWSW 243°144 m8.7 mi
Minor's HillWSW 241°140 m7.3 mi
Freedom HillW 259°140 m11.2 mi
Prout HillWSW 239°137 m9.7 mi
Upton HillSW 226°125 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9482629289

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