German-American Friendship Garden
German-American Friendship Garden is a garden, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Infantry Division Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.3 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 5.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Second Infantry Division Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Jefferson Pier Stone: 0.1 mi
- US Capitol West Gatehouse: 0.1 mi
- Meridian Stone: 0.1 mi
- US Capitol East Gatehouse: 0.2 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.2 mi
- Artigas Park: 0.2 mi
- Constitution Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Bolivar Park: 0.3 mi
- Sherman Park: 0.3 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.2 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.5 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.7 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.8 mi
- Lock 0: 1.3 mi
- Inuksuk: 0.2 mi
- Atlantic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
- Pacific Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Armenian Earthquake: 0.3 mi
- The Gwenfritz Sculpture: 0.3 mi
- DAR Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: 0.2 mi
- Art Museum of the Americas: 0.3 mi
- Interior Museum: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of American History: 0.4 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.3 mi
- Big Red One: 0.3 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Floral Library: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.5 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.9 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 4.1 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.2 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.4 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.2 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Indian Head: 21.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
- Great Falls: 13.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.0 mi
- Wilson: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of German-American Friendship Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 15.9 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 326° | 148 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 273° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 277° | 140 m | 6.6 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 11.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 265° | 137 m | 8.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 258° | 125 m | 6.0 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 | 06:56 | 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–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington Reagan Natl AP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard2,771 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2,594 obs
- House Sparrow1,911 obs
- European Starling1,863 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,293 obs
- American Robin1,176 obs
- Canada Goose742 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle628 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/174192690
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