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Burke Park

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Elevation, modelled: 27 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Gantt Hill156 m · 11.1 mi
Nearest byway: George Washington Memorial Parkway2.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:38local time
Coordinates: 38.9039, -77.0277

Burke Park from directly overhead

Burke Park is a park, at a modelled 27 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Edmund Burke Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 2.2 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

Operated by: National Park Service

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gantt Hill	W 278°	156 m	11.1 mi
Hunting Hill	NW 324°	156 m	15.5 mi
Black Hill	NW 324°	148 m	24.4 mi
Mount Daniel	W 267°	144 m	8.3 mi
Minor's Hill	W 270°	140 m	7.0 mi
Freedom Hill	W 277°	140 m	11.7 mi
Prout Hill	W 260°	137 m	9.0 mi
Upton Hill	WSW 252°	125 m	6.7 mi

On the road

2.2 mi off the George Washington Memorial ParkwayNational
5.0 mi off the Booth's Escape
5.1 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
7.2 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike

Overlooks nearby

Freedom Park Viewpoint · 2 mi
Viewing Area · 2 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 4 mi
George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 5 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Edmund Burke Statue: 0.0 mi
AAAS Art Gallery (public): 0.3 mi
Commodore John Barry Statue: 0.3 mi
Major General George Thomas Statue: 0.3 mi
Martin Luther Statue: 0.3 mi

Historic sites

Samuel Gompers Statute: 0.1 mi
Jamya Williams: 0.2 mi
Major General James B. McPherson: 0.4 mi
Samuel D Gross Memorial: 0.4 mi
Brigadier General Kosciuszko: 0.5 mi

Parks

Museums

Planet Word: 0.1 mi
DC History Center: 0.3 mi
National Museum of Women in the Arts: 0.3 mi
Museum of Illusions: 0.3 mi
Smithsonian American Art Museum: 0.5 mi

Attractions

Gardens

Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
Children's Garden: 0.7 mi
White House Kitchen Garden: 0.8 mi
Big Red One: 0.8 mi
German-American Friendship Garden: 1.0 mi

Picnic sites

Nature reserves

Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 2.8 mi
Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
Reservation 630: 2.9 mi
Soapstone Valley: 3.4 mi
Alger Park: 4.3 mi

Peaks35

Peters Hill: 1.4 mi
Jackson Hill: 1.8 mi
Lees Hill: 2.1 mi
Camp Hill: 2.4 mi
Linnean Hill: 2.5 mi

Springs5

Cliffs5

Beaches4

Waterfalls4

Stubblefield Falls: 10.1 mi
Scott's Run Falls: 10.4 mi
Great Falls: 13.7 mi
Coe Creek: 21.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Wilson: 24.5 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:45	19:20
June solstice	05:44	19:58	20:38
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–Jun, Aug–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	36	39	46	57	67	76	80	79	72	59	49	41
Precip in	3.0	2.8	4.0	3.4	4.3	4.6	4.6	3.7	4.1	4.2	3.2	3.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.

Sources

OpenStreetMap record

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