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Accokeek Neighborhood Park

Accokeek Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Accokeek Neighborhood Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 58 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The National Colonial Farm, a park 2.9 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
58 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.66898, -77.02510

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon: 4.3 mi
  • Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours: 4.3 mi
  • Mansion Line Entry: 4.3 mi
  • Historic Area Entrance & Exit: 4.4 mi
  • George Washington's Distillery and Gristmill Tour: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 5.6 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 6.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Picnic sites: 49
  • Treehouse: 8.5 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Table: 9.8 mi
  • Area 4: 11.9 mi
  • Area 5: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 36
Beaches: 8
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Fishing Shore: 17.2 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.7 mi
  • West Beach: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
  • Takoma Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Silver Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Indian Springs: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Coe Creek: 18.8 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 16.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Accokeek Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillNNW 328°156 m21.0 mi
Mount DanielNNW 332°144 m17.9 mi
Minor's HillNNW 336°140 m17.7 mi
Freedom HillNNW 326°140 m21.1 mi
Prout HillNNW 328°137 m17.2 mi
Upton HillNNW 335°125 m15.6 mi
Point RenoN 352°123 m19.7 mi
Spy HillNNW 336°114 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2316:0916:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363845566574787770584840
Precip in3.12.94.03.44.54.95.04.24.43.83.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxon Hill, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle38 obs
  • American tuliptree29 obs
  • common pawpaw27 obs
  • Christmas fern26 obs
  • American Toad24 obs
  • Spotted Turtle22 obs
  • American beech20 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1201226964

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