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Anacostia Park, Section E

Anacostia Park, Section E from directly overhead

Anacostia Park, Section E is a park, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is J. Robert Elliott, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 1.8 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates38.87851, -76.97006

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • J. Robert Elliott: 0.3 mi
  • Alexander Dallas Bache: 0.5 mi
  • Thomas Harmon Patterson: 0.5 mi
  • William Wirt: 0.5 mi
  • Archibald Henderson: 0.5 mi
Attractions
  • John Gould Stephenson: 0.4 mi
  • Anne Royall: 0.4 mi
  • Leonard Matlovich: 0.4 mi
  • Clyde Tolson: 0.4 mi
  • Hoover family: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Anacostia Commons South: 0.4 mi
  • Anacostia Park, Section F: 0.5 mi
  • Orr Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
  • Randle Highlands: 0.7 mi
  • Dennis Dolinger Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Community Garden Plots (NPS): 1.1 mi
  • Ex Garden Future & MTB Pump Track: 1.2 mi
  • Barracks Row Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Lovejoy Garden: 1.6 mi
  • River Street Gardens: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
Peaks: 32
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 5
  • Takoma Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Silver Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Indian Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Stubblefield Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Coe Creek: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWNW 283°156 m14.5 mi
Hunting HillNW 319°156 m18.8 mi
Mount DanielW 277°144 m11.5 mi
Minor's HillW 280°140 m10.3 mi
Freedom HillWNW 282°140 m15.0 mi
Prout HillW 271°137 m12.0 mi
Upton HillW 268°125 m9.5 mi
Point RenoNW 312°123 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5720:37
September equinox06:5618:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576776807972594941
Precip in3.02.84.03.44.34.64.63.74.14.23.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 2 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle235 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee201 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee183 obs
  • Porcelain Berry178 obs
  • Western Honey Bee177 obs
  • House Sparrow162 obs
  • Mallard156 obs
  • Domestic Cat152 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/41965333

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