USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Admiral Leutze Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Booth's Escape passes 2.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- iron
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 2.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Admiral Leutze Park: 0.0 mi
- West Leutze Park: 0.1 mi
- Admiral Willard Park: 0.2 mi
- Virginia Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
- Admiral Dahlgren Park: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 0.1 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 0.8 mi
- Rubell Museum DC: 0.9 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Museum of the Bible: 1.4 mi
- Tom Lantos: 0.9 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 0.9 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 0.9 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- John C. Calhoun: 1.0 mi
- Alger Park: 1.7 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 2.9 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 3.0 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 3.2 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 4.0 mi
- Troy Park: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 5.5 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- River Street Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Hilton Garden: 1.2 mi
- Hawaii: 1.3 mi
- World Deserts: 1.3 mi
- USS Mitscher: 0.1 mi
- Original Site of Providence Hospital: 0.8 mi
- Edwin MacGrotty: 0.8 mi
- The Ward 6 September 11 Memorial Grove: 0.9 mi
- Belva Lockwood: 0.9 mi
- John Philip Sousa: 0.2 mi
- Light Tower: 0.4 mi
- Waterline: 0.5 mi
- Found You: 0.6 mi
- The Big Chair: 0.7 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 3.3 mi
- Round Hill: 3.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 6.1 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 15.1 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 15.2 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 24.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 8.1 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 18.4 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Indian Head: 21.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 24.0 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 12.6 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 12.9 mi
- Great Falls: 16.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.4 mi
- Wilson: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS Enterprise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 285° | 156 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 279° | 144 m | 10.2 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 283° | 140 m | 9.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 284° | 140 m | 13.8 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 272° | 137 m | 10.7 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 270° | 125 m | 8.2 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 321° | 123 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10572291760
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