Bald Eagle Hill
Bald Eagle Hill is a park, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Eagle Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.6 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Area · 6 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Fort Washington Overlook · 7 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Eagle Recreation Center: 0.1 mi
- Fort Greble: 0.7 mi
- Oxon Run Pool: 1.4 mi
- Tide Lock Park: 1.6 mi
- Rivergate City Park: 1.6 mi
- Thomas Edison: 0.6 mi
- MGM Lion: 1.6 mi
- The Ship Builder: 1.9 mi
- The Awakening: 2.3 mi
- 328 Clifford: 2.6 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 1.1 mi
- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem: 2.1 mi
- Lyceum Museum: 2.3 mi
- Friendship Fire Station: 2.4 mi
- Freedom House Museum: 2.6 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 1.9 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 2.2 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
- Belle Haven Park: 3.9 mi
- Alger Park: 4.0 mi
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief: 1.9 mi
- Memorial Pool: 2.2 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 2.2 mi
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor: 2.3 mi
- World War I-Era Rudder: 2.5 mi
- Duvall's Tavern: 2.0 mi
- Monroe Ave Bridge: 2.2 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 2.4 mi
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Captain Rocky Versace Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 2.5 mi
- River Street Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Chapel Garden: 4.5 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove: 4.7 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 0.3 mi
- Shooters Hill: 3.4 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 4.3 mi
- Peters Hill: 5.8 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 6.5 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.8 mi
- Fishing Shore: 8.0 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 16.8 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 16.9 mi
- Beaver Landing: 23.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Indian Head: 17.2 mi
- Possum Nose: 22.7 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Takoma Spring: 10.8 mi
- Silver Spring: 11.9 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 12.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 22.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 14.5 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 14.7 mi
- Great Falls: 18.1 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.2 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 22.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 22.6 mi
- Wilson: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Eagle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WNW 302° | 156 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 331° | 156 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | WNW 301° | 144 m | 10.9 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 306° | 140 m | 10.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WNW 300° | 140 m | 14.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 294° | 137 m | 10.8 mi |
| Upton Hill | WNW 298° | 125 m | 8.4 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 339° | 123 m | 9.9 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 | 07:24 | 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Mallard153 obs
- American Coot70 obs
- House Sparrow55 obs
- Common Box Turtle55 obs
- Canada Goose53 obs
- American Robin46 obs
- Mourning Dove41 obs
- Ring-billed Gull39 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/41965018
Day trips start here
- Alexandria · 2 mi
- National Harbor · 2 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 3 mi
- Washington, D.C./Anacostia · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./Waterfront · 4 mi
- Arlington National Cemetery · 5 mi
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