- Elevation, modelled
- 27 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Gantt Hill156 m · 13.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway2.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9123, -76.9739
National Boxwood Collection is a garden, at a modelled 27 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Perennial Collections, a garden 0.1 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Boxwood Collection. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 274° | 156 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 315° | 156 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 265° | 144 m | 11.3 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 9.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 14.5 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 260° | 137 m | 11.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 254° | 125 m | 9.6 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 297° | 123 m | 6.1 mi |
- 2.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.1 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 9.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Perennial Collections: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Collections: 0.2 mi
- National Herb Garden: 0.2 mi
- Cryptomeria Walk: 0.2 mi
- Entrance Garden: 0.2 mi
- Arboretum Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- U.S. National Arboretum: 0.5 mi
- Loomis Park: 0.6 mi
- Langston Playground: 0.7 mi
- Brentwood Village Playground: 0.7 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 0.4 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 0.5 mi
- Dave Salovesh: 1.1 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 1.2 mi
- Columbian Harmony Cemetery Memorial Plaque: 1.3 mi
- Riding High: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Statue: 0.9 mi
- Contrapposto Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Bison Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 1.2 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 1.9 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.4 mi
- Alger Park: 3.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 4.9 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Washington Union Station: 2.0 mi
- John Smilie: 2.1 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 2.1 mi
- David Walker: 2.1 mi
- George Hadfield: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.8 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 4.6 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 0.3 mi
- Hickey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Round Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.6 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.7 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.7 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.7 mi
- Indian Head: 23.8 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.1 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Great Falls: 16.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.6 mi
- Wilson: 22.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, under a mile away.
- Blue Dasher1,065 obs
- Huron Skipper452 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee431 obs
- Domestic Cat417 obs
- Mallard408 obs
- pickerelweed408 obs
- Great Egret408 obs
- Fragile Forktail400 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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