Aray Zikie
Aray Zikie is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Riggs LaSalle Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Star-Spangled Banner Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- plastic
- Inscription
- A loved one was killed due to a traffic crash here in 2022.
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.3 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 7.2 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 8.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Riggs LaSalle Park: 0.4 mi
- Keene Field: 0.4 mi
- Fort Totten Park: 0.5 mi
- Legacy Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- North Michigan Park Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Mamie D. Lee Garden: 0.4 mi
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Mary's Garden: 1.4 mi
- Whittier Garden: 1.4 mi
- Franciscan Monastery Garden: 1.4 mi
- Saint Vincent De Paul Statue: 0.9 mi
- Leave No One Behind: 1.1 mi
- Playing In The Fields Of Lamond: 1.1 mi
- Sedes Sapiente Statue: 1.3 mi
- Saint Christopher Statue: 1.3 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 3.3 mi
- Little Forest Park: 3.3 mi
- Dartmouth Neighborhood Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.4 mi
- Pinehurst Parkway: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 24: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 5: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Grove 22: 2.4 mi
- Tiger Tracks: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Survival: 3.1 mi
- Growing Up Tiger: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Compare: 3.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.1 mi
- Adams Memorial: 0.8 mi
- John Paul II: 1.1 mi
- Armando Martinez-Ramos: 1.4 mi
- Peace Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Fort Bunker Hill Plaque: 1.4 mi
- Mount Saint Sepulchre: 1.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hoover Hill: 1.9 mi
- Barnard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 1.4 mi
- Silver Spring: 2.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 6.5 mi
- Sandy Spring: 12.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.0 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.1 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 24.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 18.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.0 mi
- Friction Wall: 24.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Great Falls: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aray Zikie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 261° | 156 m | 12.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 310° | 156 m | 14.0 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 315° | 148 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WSW 248° | 144 m | 10.6 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WSW 248° | 140 m | 9.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 261° | 140 m | 13.3 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 244° | 137 m | 11.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 235° | 125 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 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).
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 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10700496757
Day trips start here
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 1 mi
- Mount Rainier · 2 mi
- Takoma Park · 2 mi
- Capital Region · 3 mi
- Hyattsville · 3 mi
- Silver Spring · 3 mi
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