Book Hill Park
Book Hill Park is a park, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lees Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 0.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 63 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 5.1 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 7.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 7.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dumbarton Oaks: 0.1 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Anderson House: 1.0 mi
- The Phillips Collection: 1.0 mi
- Heurich House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: 0.2 mi
- West End Garden: 0.8 mi
- Whitehaven Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bishop’s Garden: 1.2 mi
- Kalorama Garden: 1.2 mi
- Volta Park: 0.2 mi
- Montrose Park: 0.3 mi
- Whitehaven Parkway Park: 0.5 mi
- Francis Scott Key Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Old Stone House Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sarah Rittenhouse Armillary Sphere: 0.3 mi
- Jan Karski: 0.4 mi
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola: 0.4 mi
- Vaclav Havel's Place: 0.5 mi
- Bishop John Carroll: 0.5 mi
- Hollywood on the Potomac: 0.5 mi
- Nelson Mandela Statue: 0.5 mi
- Khalil Gibran Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument: 0.6 mi
- Justice William O Douglas Statue: 0.7 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.6 mi
- Lock 0: 1.0 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 1.2 mi
- Southern Cassowary: 1.3 mi
- Twin Oaks: 1.3 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 2.3 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 1.2 mi
- Reservation 630: 1.8 mi
- Potomac Overlook Regional Park: 2.3 mi
- Soapstone Valley: 2.3 mi
- Donaldson Run Park: 2.4 mi
- Lees Hill: 0.0 mi
- Camp Hill: 0.6 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 0.7 mi
- Mount Alto: 0.9 mi
- Mackeys Hill: 1.2 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.3 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.7 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 6.0 mi
- Indian Springs: 11.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.9 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 20.9 mi
- Indian Head: 22.1 mi
- Fishing Shore: 1.7 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 6.4 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 10.6 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 8.0 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 8.3 mi
- Great Falls: 11.6 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 24.1 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Book Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 276° | 156 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 329° | 156 m | 13.8 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 327° | 148 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 260° | 144 m | 6.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 263° | 140 m | 5.0 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 274° | 140 m | 9.6 mi |
| Prout Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 7.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 238° | 125 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly3,408 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,775 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle1,705 obs
- House Sparrow1,535 obs
- Amur honeysuckle1,435 obs
- lesser celandine1,183 obs
- garlic mustard1,167 obs
- Red-shouldered Bug1,120 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/48207313
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