Kossuth Lajos
Kossuth Lajos is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dupont Circle, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Park in District of Columbia, United States of America, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49512003, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 28 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 6.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 6.0 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dupont Circle: 0.1 mi
- Sonny Bono Park: 0.1 mi
- Witherspoon Park: 0.3 mi
- Sheridan Circle: 0.3 mi
- Duke Ellington Park: 0.3 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 0.1 mi
- Anderson House: 0.1 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Museum Of American Jewish Military History: 0.2 mi
- Museum of the Palestinian People: 0.4 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.0 mi
- Reservation 630: 2.1 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.6 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 3.4 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.9 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.9 mi
- White House Peace Vigil: 0.9 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- Alpacas: 1.1 mi
- Branches on armature: 0.2 mi
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue: 0.2 mi
- Taras Shevchenko Statue: 0.2 mi
- John Witherspoon Statue: 0.3 mi
- General Philip H. Sheridan Statue: 0.3 mi
- West End Garden: 0.5 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 0.7 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Big Red One: 1.1 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 2.5 mi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue: 0.1 mi
- Sonny Bono: 0.1 mi
- Orlando Letelier Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Old Chancery of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States: 0.4 mi
- Nijad Huseynov: 0.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 4.9 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.9 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.8 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 11.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 11.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 9.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 9.4 mi
- Great Falls: 12.7 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.3 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 21.1 mi
- Indian Head: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kossuth Lajos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 276° | 156 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 326° | 156 m | 14.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 325° | 148 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 263° | 144 m | 7.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 265° | 140 m | 6.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 10.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 256° | 137 m | 8.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 245° | 125 m | 6.0 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 | 06:57 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358960376
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