Betty Blume Park
Betty Blume Park is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Potomac Vista Recreation Area, a park 0.1 miles away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.0 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 8.3 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Fort Washington Overlook · 5 mi
- Viewing Area · 8 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 8 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potomac Vista Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
- Oxon Hill Manor: 0.3 mi
- Spirit Park: 0.4 mi
- Fort Foote Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Ford's Landing: 1.6 mi
- MGM Lion: 0.3 mi
- The Awakening: 0.5 mi
- The Ship Builder: 1.7 mi
- The Path of Thorns and Roses: 2.1 mi
- Thomas Edison: 2.2 mi
- Spirit Park Carousel: 0.5 mi
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor: 0.6 mi
- South Corner Boundary Stone: 1.6 mi
- World War I-Era Rudder: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Pool: 2.5 mi
- Oxon Hill Farm: 0.7 mi
- Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem: 1.9 mi
- Lyceum Museum: 2.1 mi
- Friendship Fire Station: 2.3 mi
- Freedom House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fort Foote: 1.9 mi
- Duvall's Tavern: 2.0 mi
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Plaque marking the establishment of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church in 1849: 2.6 mi
- Alexandria War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Belle Haven Park: 3.1 mi
- Mount Vernon District Park: 3.2 mi
- Barnaby Run Park: 3.2 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 3.4 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Simpson Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Chapel Garden: 4.8 mi
- River Street Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Fort Barnard Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Barracks Row Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Bald Eagle Hill: 2.1 mi
- Shooters Hill: 3.5 mi
- Good Hope Hill: 5.9 mi
- Peters Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 8.3 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 8.3 mi
- Fishing Shore: 9.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 18.0 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 18.1 mi
- Beaver Landing: 21.8 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Indian Head: 15.6 mi
- Possum Nose: 21.2 mi
- Owings Cliffs: 24.4 mi
- Takoma Spring: 12.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 13.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 14.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.1 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 15.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 15.9 mi
- Great Falls: 19.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 19.5 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 21.2 mi
- Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 21.3 mi
- Wilson: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Betty Blume Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | NW 308° | 156 m | 15.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 334° | 156 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Daniel | NW 309° | 144 m | 11.8 mi |
| Minor's Hill | NW 314° | 140 m | 11.1 mi |
| Freedom Hill | NW 306° | 140 m | 15.4 mi |
| Prout Hill | WNW 302° | 137 m | 11.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | NW 308° | 125 m | 9.3 mi |
| Point Reno | NNW 343° | 123 m | 11.6 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 | 18:32 | 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, under a mile away.
- Mallard263 obs
- House Sparrow124 obs
- American Coot123 obs
- Osprey121 obs
- Canada Goose116 obs
- Northern Mockingbird89 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant83 obs
- Ring-billed Gull71 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 node/358255786
Day trips start here
- National Harbor · 1 mi
- Alexandria · 2 mi
- Fort Washington · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Crystal City · 5 mi
- South Alexandria · 5 mi
- Clinton-Camp Springs · 6 mi
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