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Chevy Chase Community Center

Chevy Chase Community Center from directly overhead

Chevy Chase Community Center is a park, at a recorded elevation of 101 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Margaret's Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 3.4 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
101 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.96511, -77.07526

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Margaret's Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Fort Reno Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rock Creek Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Topaz House East Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Topaz House West Garden: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Chevy Chase Commons: 0.0 mi
  • Chevy Chase Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Boxwood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Chevy Chase Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
  • Small Oliver Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Oh it’s you, Welcome!: 0.7 mi
  • When Now Becomes Then: 0.7 mi
  • Crystal Willow: 1.5 mi
  • Under One's Breath: 1.5 mi
  • Dovetail: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 36
Springs: 5
  • Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Takoma Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 10.0 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stubblefield Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 22.6 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Fishing Shore: 3.9 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Barcroft Beach: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gantt HillWSW 252°156 m8.9 mi
Hunting HillNW 321°156 m10.6 mi
Black HillNW 322°148 m19.5 mi
Mount DanielSW 231°144 m7.4 mi
Minor's HillSW 226°140 m6.2 mi
Freedom HillWSW 252°140 m9.5 mi
Prout HillSW 227°137 m8.6 mi
Upton HillSSW 211°125 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5820:38
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2416:0816:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744566573787669574638
Precip in3.33.24.13.54.44.25.14.44.54.43.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 3 mi away.

  • Christmas fern426 obs
  • lesser celandine416 obs
  • American Robin403 obs
  • American beech397 obs
  • box elder382 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly382 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel351 obs
  • wineberry328 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 node/358959568

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