- Elevation, modelled
- 4 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Gantt Hill156 m · 12.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- George Washington Memorial Parkway1.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8880, -77.0129
The Tropics is a garden, at a modelled 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Tropics. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 282° | 156 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 274° | 144 m | 9.1 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 278° | 140 m | 7.9 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 281° | 140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 267° | 137 m | 9.7 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 262° | 125 m | 7.2 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 322° | 123 m | 5.6 mi |
- 1.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
- 3.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.5 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Children's Garden: 0.0 mi
- Southern Exposure: 0.0 mi
- Garden Court: 0.0 mi
- World Deserts: 0.0 mi
- Medicinal Plants: 0.0 mi
- Rhyton: 0.1 mi
- Heroic Shore Points I: 0.1 mi
- Rhyton: 0.1 mi
- Rhyton: 0.1 mi
- The Majesty of Law: 0.1 mi
- James A. Garfield Monument: 0.1 mi
- American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Ulysses S. Grant Statue: 0.1 mi
- National Native American Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Peace Monument: 0.2 mi
- Union Square: 0.1 mi
- Seaton Park - East: 0.2 mi
- Seaton Park - West: 0.3 mi
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Federal Aviation Administration Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of the American Indian: 0.2 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 0.3 mi
- East Wing National Gallery of Art: 0.3 mi
- National Gallery of Art: 0.4 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 0.6 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.3 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.3 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.6 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.7 mi
- Almas Temple: 1.4 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Alger Park: 3.0 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.7 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.7 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 3.8 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 4.2 mi
- Troy Park: 4.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.1 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 8.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Indian Head: 21.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 11.3 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.6 mi
- Great Falls: 15.0 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.9 mi
- Wilson: 23.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 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, 3 mi away.
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