- Elevation, modelled
- 72 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Gantt Hill156 m · 12.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway5.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:38local time
- Coordinates
- 38.9704, -77.0165
Takoma Recreational Center Garden is a garden, at a modelled 72 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Takoma Recreation Center, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Takoma Recreational Center Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 255° | 156 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 309° | 156 m | 12.5 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 315° | 148 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 241° | 144 m | 10.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 239° | 140 m | 8.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 255° | 140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 237° | 137 m | 11.3 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 226° | 125 m | 9.6 mi |
- 5.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.6 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 7.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 8.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Takoma Recreation Center: 0.0 mi
- Takoma Community Center: 0.2 mi
- Ward Sinclair Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Takoma Urban Park: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Siegler Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- From a Model to a Rainbow: 0.3 mi
- Roscoe: 0.4 mi
- Playing In The Fields Of Lamond: 0.5 mi
- Leave No One Behind: 1.0 mi
- The Silver Pass: 1.5 mi
- Whittier Garden: 0.3 mi
- TPPC Native Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Emery Garden: 0.9 mi
- Centennial Garden: 0.9 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 0.6 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 0.6 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 0.6 mi
- 25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument: 0.6 mi
- John W. Coffman: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 22: 1.6 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 2.2 mi
- Little Forest Park: 2.3 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.8 mi
- Hastings Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
- Komodo Dragon: 3.2 mi
- False Gavial: 3.2 mi
- Red-Bellied Turtle: 3.2 mi
- Chinese alligator: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 2.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Linnean Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hoover Hill: 3.3 mi
- Barnard Hill: 3.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 17.3 mi
- Quarry (former): 23.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 0.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 1.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 3.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.7 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 12.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 12.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 10.0 mi
- Great Falls: 12.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 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).
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, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer528 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel432 obs
- American Robin403 obs
- Christmas fern402 obs
- lesser celandine329 obs
- mayapple316 obs
- bloodroot290 obs
- American tuliptree273 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataDay trips start here
- Silver Spring · 1 mi
- Takoma Park · 1 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Capital Region · 2 mi
- Mount Rainier · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 3 mi
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