Pinehurst Parkway
Pinehurst Parkway is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 77 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinehurst Circle, a park 0.5 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 4.7 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 4.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinehurst Circle: 0.5 mi
- Chevy Chase Park: 0.6 mi
- Leland-Beach Triangle Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Meadowbrook Local Park: 0.8 mi
- Brookville Road Park: 0.9 mi
- Rock Creek Garden: 0.8 mi
- Margaret's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Shepherd Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Five Senses Garden: 1.8 mi
- Topaz House East Garden: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove 10: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 7: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 8: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 9: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Grove 6: 1.1 mi
- Little Forest Park: 1.1 mi
- East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Vinton Park: 2.0 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.2 mi
- Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium: 1.3 mi
- Dopamine Land: 2.0 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 2.1 mi
- KID Museum: 2.2 mi
- National Museum of Health and Medicine: 2.2 mi
- Capitol Stones: 1.6 mi
- 150th Ohio National Guard Monument: 1.7 mi
- 122nd New York Volunteer Mounment: 1.7 mi
- 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument: 1.7 mi
- 25th New York Volunteer Cavelry Monument: 1.7 mi
- Acorn: 1.7 mi
- COASTLINE: 1.7 mi
- PENGUIN RUSH HOUR: 1.8 mi
- Dovetail: 1.8 mi
- The Silver Pass: 1.8 mi
- Forest Glen Historic Railroad Station: 2.5 mi
- Twin Oaks: 3.2 mi
- Addax: 3.2 mi
- Ostrich: 3.2 mi
- Lesser Kudu: 3.2 mi
- Point Reno: 2.1 mi
- Linnean Hill: 2.9 mi
- Jackson Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 3.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 16.4 mi
- Quarry (former): 24.3 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 1.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 1.7 mi
- Takoma Spring: 2.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 8.9 mi
- Sandy Spring: 11.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 7.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 7.9 mi
- Great Falls: 10.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.4 mi
- Fishing Shore: 5.1 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 9.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 9.9 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pinehurst Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 249° | 156 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 314° | 156 m | 10.6 mi |
| Black Hill | NW 318° | 148 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 231° | 144 m | 8.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 227° | 140 m | 7.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 249° | 140 m | 10.7 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 228° | 137 m | 9.9 mi |
| Upton Hill | SW 214° | 125 m | 8.6 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 4 mi away.
- Christmas fern616 obs
- lesser celandine525 obs
- American beech464 obs
- box elder428 obs
- mayapple393 obs
- American tuliptree376 obs
- Virginia bluebells360 obs
- bloodroot346 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/41965192
Day trips start here
- Bethesda · 2 mi
- Silver Spring · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Brookland-Petworth-Takoma · 2 mi
- Capital Region · 3 mi
- Takoma Park · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 3 mi
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