Fort Mahan Park
Fort Mahan Park is a nature reserve, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodson Junior Recreation Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.9 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 48 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 1.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 5.4 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodson Junior Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- Benning Stoddert: 0.5 mi
- Fort Circle Park: 0.7 mi
- Kelly Miller Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
- Fort Circle Park: 0.8 mi
- Charles Jackson: 0.5 mi
- Ghost Bike Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Anthony Shaw: 1.5 mi
- National Capitol Columns: 1.6 mi
- Gideon's Garden: 1.6 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 0.5 mi
- Alger Park: 2.4 mi
- Walker Mill Regional Park: 4.4 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 4.8 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 4.8 mi
- IDEA Academy garden: 0.8 mi
- Deanwood Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 1.0 mi
- Asian Collections: 1.3 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 1.3 mi
- National Bonsai and Penjing Museum: 1.7 mi
- National Deaf Life Museum at Gallaudet University: 2.8 mi
- Market Master House Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy: 3.1 mi
- Sewall-Belmont House and Museum: 3.2 mi
- John Smilie: 2.0 mi
- David Walker: 2.0 mi
- Nathaniel Hazard: 2.0 mi
- William Pinkney: 2.0 mi
- Elbridge Gerry: 2.0 mi
- Gypsy: 2.1 mi
- Balance: 2.3 mi
- Dusk of H Street: 2.4 mi
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Statue: 2.5 mi
- Riding High: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 5.8 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 23: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 3: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 6.5 mi
- Hickey Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 1.9 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.1 mi
- Lowndes Hill: 3.1 mi
- Round Hill: 3.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 11.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 17.0 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 22.1 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.3 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 23.3 mi
- Takoma Spring: 6.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 7.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.6 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.4 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.7 mi
- Great Falls: 18.0 mi
- Wilson: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Mahan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 278° | 156 m | 15.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 271° | 144 m | 12.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 273° | 140 m | 11.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 277° | 140 m | 16.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 266° | 137 m | 13.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | W 262° | 125 m | 10.9 mi |
| Point Reno | WNW 299° | 123 m | 8.1 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 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Blue Dasher1,063 obs
- Domestic Cat590 obs
- Mallard435 obs
- Great Egret423 obs
- pickerelweed418 obs
- Fragile Forktail400 obs
- Huron Skipper398 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee368 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/41965361
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- Hyattsville · 4 mi
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