Rose Garden
Rose Garden is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Floor Frame, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 5.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Floor Frame: 0.0 mi
- Cup: 0.1 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 0.1 mi
- Cup: 0.1 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Statue: 0.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- White House Kitchen Garden: 0.1 mi
- Big Red One: 0.1 mi
- German-American Friendship Garden: 0.4 mi
- Floral Library: 0.7 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.1 mi
- Lockkeeper's House: 0.4 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.5 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.9 mi
- Lock 0: 1.1 mi
- Major General Rochambeau: 0.1 mi
- First Division Monument: 0.1 mi
- Major General Lafayette: 0.1 mi
- Andrew Jackson: 0.1 mi
- Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Renwick Gallery: 0.2 mi
- The People’s House: 0.2 mi
- Decatur House: 0.2 mi
- Decatur Carriage House: 0.2 mi
- Octagon House: 0.2 mi
- Sherman Park: 0.2 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.2 mi
- Farragut Square: 0.3 mi
- McPherson Square: 0.3 mi
- Bolivar Park: 0.4 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.3 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.1 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.6 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 4.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lees Hill: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.0 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 2.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 16.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Head: 21.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.1 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 3.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.1 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.2 mi
- Wilson: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 280° | 156 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 326° | 156 m | 15.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 270° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 6.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 279° | 140 m | 11.2 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 262° | 137 m | 8.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 255° | 125 m | 6.1 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, 4 mi away.
- Mallard2,792 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel2,671 obs
- House Sparrow1,996 obs
- European Starling1,906 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,389 obs
- American Robin1,272 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly936 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle766 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.
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