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Frog Pond

Frog Pond from directly overhead

Frog Pond is an attraction, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Frog, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
28.24 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.92949, -77.04756

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Reptile Discovery Center: 0.0 mi
  • Lemur Island: 0.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
  • The O-Line: 0.0 mi
  • Orangutan: 0.0 mi
Gardens
  • Cactus Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Kalorama Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Cleveland Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Tilden Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • North Columbia Heights Green: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • 19th & Lamont Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walter Pierce Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lamont Park: 0.5 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.5 mi
  • Piney Branch Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillW 268°156 m10.0 mi
Hunting HillNW 323°156 m13.4 mi
Black HillNW 323°148 m22.3 mi
Mount DanielWSW 253°144 m7.6 mi
Minor's HillWSW 253°140 m6.2 mi
Freedom HillW 268°140 m10.5 mi
Prout HillWSW 247°137 m8.5 mi
Upton HillSW 234°125 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
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 way/1346104967

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