Hillcrest Park
Hillcrest Park is a nature reserve in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is North Barnaby Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.5 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 47 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 3.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Area · 7 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 9 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Barnaby Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
- Abbott Drive Park: 0.7 mi
- Owens Road Park: 0.7 mi
- Oxon Run Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Oxon Run Park: 1.1 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 0.5 mi
- Alger Park: 2.5 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 4.4 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 4.8 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 1.7 mi
- GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 2.3 mi
- Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 2.6 mi
- J. Robert Elliott: 3.2 mi
- USS Enterprise: 3.5 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 1.9 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 2.0 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 2.0 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 2.1 mi
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 2.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 2.4 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 2.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 2.5 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 4: 2.5 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 2.5 mi
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- John Gould Stephenson: 3.6 mi
- Stephen Pleasonton: 3.6 mi
- A-Moose or Little Bee: 3.7 mi
- River Street Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 3.5 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 3.9 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 2.2 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 5.6 mi
- Shooters Hill: 5.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 5.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Indian Head: 19.0 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.7 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 17.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 18.0 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 23.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 11.6 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.5 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 21.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 15.8 mi
- Great Falls: 19.2 mi
- Coe Creek: 22.4 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.6 mi
- Wilson: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillcrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 295° | 156 m | 15.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 325° | 156 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 293° | 144 m | 12.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 297° | 140 m | 11.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 294° | 140 m | 16.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 287° | 137 m | 12.5 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 288° | 125 m | 10.0 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 326° | 123 m | 10.3 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 | 07:23 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 3 mi away.
- American Robin27 obs
- Common Box Turtle26 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- American sweetgum26 obs
- Domestic Cat26 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell22 obs
- Mourning Dove20 obs
- Northern Cardinal20 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/242673306
Day trips start here
- Suitland · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 3 mi
- Alexandria · 4 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 4 mi
- National Harbor · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./Capitol Hill · 4 mi
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