- Elevation, modelled
- 16 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Gantt Hill156 m · 14.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway1.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9123, -76.9688
North American Garden is a garden, at a modelled 16 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese Pavilion, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North American Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 274° | 156 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 265° | 144 m | 11.5 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 267° | 140 m | 10.2 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 14.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 260° | 137 m | 12.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 255° | 125 m | 9.9 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 295° | 123 m | 6.4 mi |
- 1.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.8 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 10.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Japanese Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- North American Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Japanese Stroll Garden: 0.0 mi
- Cryptomeria Walk: 0.0 mi
- Entrance Garden: 0.0 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 0.2 mi
- United Brick Corporation Brick Company: 0.3 mi
- Dave Salovesh: 1.3 mi
- On this site in 1897 nothing happened: 1.4 mi
- Allison "Allie" Hart: 1.5 mi
- Arboretum Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- U.S. National Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Langston Playground: 0.7 mi
- Loomis Park: 0.7 mi
- Dakota Park: 0.8 mi
- Riding High: 1.2 mi
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Statue: 1.2 mi
- Contrapposto Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 1.4 mi
- Bison Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 1.7 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.2 mi
- Alger Park: 3.3 mi
- Reservation 630: 5.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- John Smilie: 2.1 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 2.1 mi
- David Walker: 2.1 mi
- Nathaniel Hazard: 2.1 mi
- George Hadfield: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 4.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 0.4 mi
- Hickey Hill: 0.6 mi
- Round Hill: 1.4 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.4 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 23.5 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.8 mi
- Indian Head: 24.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.0 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 13.1 mi
- Great Falls: 16.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 24.8 mi
- Wilson: 22.0 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 Dasher1,068 obs
- Huron Skipper449 obs
- Mallard444 obs
- pickerelweed435 obs
- Domestic Cat428 obs
- Great Egret425 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee417 obs
- Fragile Forktail401 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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