Allentown Road Recreation Center
Allentown Road Recreation Center is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodberry Forest Recreation Center, a park 1.1 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.8 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 6.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 8 mi
- Viewing Area · 10 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 10 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodberry Forest Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Camp Springs Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
- Pinewood Park: 1.5 mi
- Andrews Park: 2.0 mi
- Temple Hills Recreation Center: 2.3 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 2.1 mi
- Lockheed C-140 Jetstar: 2.9 mi
- Officer Lawrence Buckner Memorial: 4.0 mi
- GSA-Photovoltaic Array: 4.4 mi
- Grumann F6F Hellcat: 4.4 mi
- Surratt House: 2.5 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 4.5 mi
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor: 4.7 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 5.7 mi
- South Corner Boundary Stone: 5.8 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 3.4 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 3.8 mi
- Alger Park: 5.5 mi
- Walker Mill Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- Fort Chaplin Park: 6.9 mi
- Smithsonian Museum Support Center: 3.7 mi
- Smithsonian NMAI Cultural Resources Center: 3.8 mi
- Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse: 3.9 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 4.1 mi
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum: 5.2 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 1: 4.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 7: 4.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 5: 4.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 6: 4.0 mi
- Between Earth and Sky - Number 2: 4.0 mi
- Community Garden Plots (NPS): 6.1 mi
- Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 6.4 mi
- River Street Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 4.7 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 5.7 mi
- Shooters Hill: 7.6 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 8.6 mi
- Hickey Hill: 8.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 12.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 12.3 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 21.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 21.3 mi
- Bare Neck Shore: 21.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Indian Head: 18.3 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Fairhaven Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Takoma Spring: 13.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 14.7 mi
- Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.7 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 18.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 19.1 mi
- Great Falls: 22.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 23.7 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 24.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 24.6 mi
- Wilson: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Allentown Road Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 300° | 156 m | 18.7 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 325° | 156 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 299° | 144 m | 15.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | WNW 303° | 140 m | 14.5 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 299° | 140 m | 19.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 295° | 137 m | 15.4 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 297° | 125 m | 12.9 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 326° | 123 m | 13.6 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 | 18:31 | 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.
- Common Box Turtle21 obs
- American pokeweed17 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 obs
- Northern Cardinal10 obs
- American sweetgum10 obs
- eastern poison ivy10 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/245014540
Day trips start here
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 2 mi
- Suitland · 4 mi
- Fort Washington · 5 mi
- National Harbor · 5 mi
- Prince George's County · 5 mi
- Alexandria · 6 mi
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